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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
… AIS Automatic Identification System AOSIS Alliance of Small Island States APEI Areas of Particular Environmental Interest … Commission LDCs Least Developed Countries LLDCs Landlocked Developing Countries LSMPA Large-Scale Marine Protected Area …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… South West Pacific Regional Group: A View from the Pacific Island Countries and Territories 121 Mary Taylor Part II: … 13. Farmers’ Communities: A Reflection on the Treaty from Small Farmers’ Perspectives 175 Wilhelmina R. Pelegrina and … of their agricultural biodiversity. She was involved in developing the Farmers’ Fields School approach for on-farm …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… Bonn, Germany in May 2011. This event brought together a small team of co-authors and advisors who agreed on the … the Protocol operational. It explains possible options for developing ABS policies and strategies, key components of ABS … in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, and Parties with …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… that is being progressively gathered through the Country Reports in the framework of the First Report on the … (CGRFA) started the intergovernmental process for developing the strategy in 1994. The 1995 deliberation of … will remain the most cost-effective power source for many small and medium scale farms in developing countries. Another …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… into the genetic resource market 101 4.3 Mechanics of developing a certificate system 102 4.3.1 Exact rights that … under the CBD on a yearly basis is apparently quite small, based on the low number of published reports on … to those found in the jurisdictions of South Pacific Island nations), Alaska (Canada and Russia), Puerto Rico …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… in Article 2, and the five other phrases are found in small clauses within Articles 16–21, and some would add … and implementing national ABS legislation, and (ii) developing the supporting concepts and processes necessary so … penetrate the sur- face, seamounts act as underwater ‘island groups’ in that they tend to exhibit a high level of …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… 272 7.2.2 Commercial versus nonprofit: Two paradigms for developing new medicines 273 7.2.3 Natural products and … having only taken (either with or without payment) a very small number or volume of samples or extracts of the species. … gathered by the Sorcerer II expe- dition at Coco’s Island, as part of the Global Program initiative of the J. …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… law, resistance to change may be strong. Resistance in no small part exacerbated by fears that gains by women may … and producing between 60 and 80 percent of food in most developing countries (See box 2). However, fewer than 10 … is the case of indigenous peoples in some South Pacific Island countries. In such cases, rights to grant or deny PIC …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… of regional and country offi ces, located principally in developing countries. The World Conservation Union builds on … they are also particularly important for traditional small-scale farmers in maintaining the quality and yield of … (Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia), with two lesser centres: the island of Chiloe off the coast of southern Chile, and an …
Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD
… research and industrial sectors), and in exchange for developing countries’ agreement to this commitment, developed … currently clear – neither in Article 15, nor most of the small number of national laws that have been adopted to … needed to prevent negative environmental impacts to the island hydrological system, caused by unrestrained water …