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Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits

… seas need protection by and from the planet’s dominating species. The oceans are thought to have been formed as a … lost cargo and equipment, sewage, garbage, fumes and invasive exotic species. Dumping is the deliberate disposal of wastes at sea. …
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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… practices that contaminate or destroy the natural world, species and habitats, sacred sites, and our communities and … grazing that facilitates forest growth; • Eliminating invasive species in the forest; Promoting and sustaining the … the forest. We have always fought forest fires, dealt with invasive species poisonous for animals (such as Angrezi Babul …
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Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project

… maintained high levels of diversity both of known species, and of ecosystems containing a broad range of … Agreements 438 For example the recent WTO cases involving invasive species controls imposed by Japan (apples) and … On the Japanese apples case, see, Kiritani, K. 1999. Invasive Pests and Plant Quarantine in Japan. National …
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Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

… of regional food production dependent upon crop species originating in other regions of diversity 58 7.1 … Agrobiodiversity Program and for all activities related to invasive species. He negotiated the Convention on Biological … plant and animal pests, weeds, diseases and other alien invasive species, threatening the fragile ecosystems and …
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IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources

… i.e. development of new variations within non-human species through genetic modification techniques (e.g. transfer of a genetic trait out of one species and put into another);  Biosynthesis, i.e. use of … diligence applied (e.g. with regard to the introduction of invasive organisms).  Accessed habitat: Access activities …
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Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance

… the use of all components of biodiversity – ecosystems, species, genes – must be equitably distributed among … whether or not to allow themselves to be the subject of invasive surgery. With regard to ABS, the term is used to … to tend to household plots. Greenburg documents 140 plant species in 33 immigrant household plots. Of these, 49 species
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The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction

… been identified; knowledge of the behaviour of different species is increasing; deep-sea ecosystems are being studied … detail; and we are learning more and more about how the species and ecosystems of the open ocean are all … discharge of sewage and other wastes, and introduction of invasive species (Wan et al., 2016).30 2.5.2. Fishing Global …
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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts

… Calanolides: Potential anti-HIV agents from Calophyllum species, Sarawak, Malaysia 241 6.6.3 Prostratin: A potential … non-intentional transfers, such as the introduction of invasive species through international watercourses, … Support to the Prevention, Control and Eradica- tion of Invasive Species. The World Bank. Young, T. 1993. …
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An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… rather than the sectoral approach (focusing on specific species, ecosystems, or sites) that is characteristic of … all sources, occurring at three levels: diversity within species (genetic diversity),2 diversity between species, and … sharing information on issues such as the presence of invasive species or illegal fishing in remote areas of a …
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