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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… to access TK or any other intended activity on their land, such as the establishment of a REDD project or a … rather an understanding of the self as integrated with the land and embedded within an ethical relationship. TK then is … that is a result of an interaction between ILCs and the land that is rooted in cultural practices and spiritual …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… These include, among others, differences in relation to land and resource rights, possibilities for advancement at … 10 percent of women farmers in developing countries own land.4 Box 2. The Key Role of Women in Agriculture Women … for women to gain access to valuable resources such as land, credit and agricultural inputs, technology, extension, …
Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits
… seabed. The sovereignty of a state extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea … coastal state comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal state - the seabed and subsoil … contribution to marine pollution load (by mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… 80 4.7 Land and farm management … welfare guiding principles and standards focus on: (a) land transport; (b) sea transport; (c) humane slaughter for … and health. The questionnaire also provided information on land and farm 52 In most cases, the response to the … and maintaining the productive capacity and fertility of land; managing criteria for the operation of recognized …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… and needs 48 5.5.1 Governance in remote areas 48 5.5.2 Land tenure and ownership 49 5.5.3 Overlapping … became common to drive automobiles on lakes as well as on land, the legal problem created would involve (i) evaluating … of the geographical location of States, whether coastal or land-locked, and taking into particular consideration the …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient … marine scientific research. All States, whether coastal or land-loc- ked, have the freedom of navigation and over- … law” m Continental shelf: The natural prolongation of the land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, …
Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty
… acknowledge the difference between the owners of the land, from which the spec- imen is collected, the owner of … the genetic resource, or authorizes the entrance to the land where the resource is located or to the ex-situ … some national delegates have claimed that the owner of the land is equally the owner of the genetic resources located on …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… virtually all countries the rules gov- erning ownership of land and permanently constructed improvements are very … are governed by each country’s existing ‘real property’ (land and buildings) law. Neither claim is generally supported … to have focused on the latter view, assuming that national land law would be the basis for ownership of genetic …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… Poland, Romania, Samoa, Senegal, South Africa, Switzer- land, Tanzania (United Republic of), the United Kingdom, the … some of the largest deserts, highest mountains and deepest land depressions in the world. Although the region is … and economically diverse. The Pacific region, with a land area of 550,000km2 surrounded by the largest ocean in …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… changing agricul- tural practices and loss of agricultural land. The use of genetically modified organisms in cen- tres … who is engaged in the conservation of genetic resources of land races and wild relatives of economic plants and their … or sell seeds for reproduction and replanting in their own land. Section 72 allows for the establishment of inventories …