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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
… and Rachel Wynberg IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 67/5 iv v The designation of geographical entities in … of the facts underlying the claim 109 9.3.5 Kinds of harm/loss alleged 110 9.3.5.1 Direct harm to … it is not allowed to sit on the question of whether a rule is within the scope of the Authority’s jurisdiction, …
Issues o compliance: Considerations for the international Regime on access and benefit sharing
… the understanding of various compliance regimes and is in no way presented to prejudice the ongoing negotiations under … than attempting to compensate or punish for environmental harm after it has occurred.22 21 Jutta Brunnee, “Enforcement … the general administrative structure of a country. As a rule, the absence of appropriate national institutions and …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… labour which stamps them as commodities, have absolutely no connection with their physical properties and with the … the leaves and fruit to ensure that we cause as little harm to the plant as possible. One of the mantras we chant … in the unpredictable nature of life since there was no rule of law, which regulated society. It is important to note …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… intervals, which are still immense; but there is no longer any ques- tion of these uncertainties impeding our … person who was intimately involved in the promotion of the rule of law at the internation- al level as Chairman of the … & Policy. Levin, L.A. et al. (2016). “Defining ‘Serious Harm’ to the Marine Environment in the Context of Deep-Seabed …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… and Monitoring their International Flows ABS Series No. 3 Manuel Ruiz Muller and Isabel Lapeña, Editors IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 67/3 A Moving Target: Genetic Resources and Options for … present our research in an accessible way, without doing harm to our absolute standard of legal correctness. Although …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… www.iucn.org/law IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 67/4 Contracting for ABS: The Legal and Scientific … present our research in an accessible way, without doing harm to our absolute standard of legal correct- ness. … The ‘legal authority’ element is based on the simple rule is that one may not sell something that does not belong …
Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty
… Sources, While Giving Users Certainty ABS Series No. 1 Jorge Cabrera Medaglia and Christian López Silva IUCN … present our research in an accessi- ble way, without doing harm to our absolute standard of legal correctness. Although … (both ABS and other legisla- tion) is really the primary rule of ABS oversight. This section, however, focuses only on …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… Most early domestic intellectual property laws provided no legal protection to intellectual property products created … day (with the limited exception of the European Union) no international IPRs available to inventors and creators who … to IPRs. The principle extends the national treatment rule by compelling a Intellectual property rights in plant …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… Witold Tymowski IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 57IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 57 … avoid adverse impacts, and to compensate for environmental harm. As beneficiary, each gen- eration has certain rights to … substances can be subject to patent protection. The normal rule is that substances freely occurring in nature can only …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… Animal Genetic Resources Information. Special Issue No. 30: Country Guidelines. FAO. 2001. The legal framework … Decision 84/247/EEC. It could be inferred from the rule that there is no kind of property right on a breed for a … and (4) in the case of genetically modified food and feed, harm or mislead the consumer by impairing the distinctive …