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Issues o compliance: Considerations for the international Regime on access and benefit sharing

… law at the international and national levels.2 State sovereignty has always played and continues to play a key … and Bene f i t Shar ing seeing it as an intrusion on their sovereignty.14 When States do comply with their reporting … Especially as Waterfowl Habitat. As a safeguard to States’ sovereignty, Governments may in some cases have the right to …
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Access to and use of marine genetic resources: understanding the legal framework

… sustainable use of its components and, while declaring the sovereignty of states over their natural resources (article … tion of the state's territory: meaning the state has full sovereignty over these waters with all the discretion that it … exclusive rights, which must be differentiated from sovereignty in the sense that such rights only apply to …
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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

… framework and its application in the marine sector 22 3.4 Sovereignty over genetic resources in the Area 24 3.5 Equity … or misaddressed in marine discussions, (iv) issues of sovereignty and sovereign rights over the genetic resources, … must be addressed by the governance system for oceans – sovereignty and equity. 24 As in every other sector, …
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Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

… —Antonio Onorati, International Focal Point for IPC Food Sovereignty, and President of Centro Internazionale Crocevia, … Organizations: The Hundred Year (or so) Seed War – Seeds, Sovereignty and Civil Society – A Historical Perspective on … downgraded by those of ‘global concern’, ‘state’s sovereignty’ and ‘facilitated access’, as reflected in the …
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IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources

… purport to subject any part of the high seas to its sovereignty” (Article 89). Concerning the Area it further states that “No State shall claim or exercise sovereignty or sovereign rights over any part of the Area or … the interests of coastal states keen to protect their sovereignty over the resources within their national …
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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) 99 Box 14. National Sovereignty and Property Rights 102 Article 13 – … decision-making at the national level. It recognizes the sovereignty of States over their natural resources, and laid … the International Undertaking as being subject to 21 the sovereignty of the states over their plant genetic resources. …
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A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows

… The CBD affirms that such resources come under nation- al sovereignty. In executing their rights, countries have … 2.4 Factors impacting on tracking and monitoring Sovereignty issues. In the case of the ITPGRFA, coun- tries have exercised their sovereignty by creating and populating the Multilateral …
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Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty

… Its only input on ownership issues is to rec- ognize the sovereignty of the States over their genetic resources. This … does not clarify the question of ownership of specimen vs. sovereignty over genetic resources. See the document … as one of the most complex issues related to ABS.38 The sovereignty concept is different from pat- rimony and from …
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Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits

… jurisdiction, such as the high seas and deep seabed. The sovereignty of a state extends, beyond its land territory and …
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An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… the implications of ABS for, amongst other topics, State sovereignty, economic development, indigenous and local … and the territorial sea, the coastal State exercises sovereignty over the living and non-living natural resources … of the water column and underlying continental shelf Sovereignty extends to the air space, water column, seabed …
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