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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… project teams and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of … A more recent example has been the Taro Leaf Blight, which threatened to wipe out the taro crop of at least one South … intellec- tual property rights over genetic resources, has threatened to stifle the continued exchange of PGRFA on which …
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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 … overcapacity.“ (FAO, 2018) —often caught as bycatch—are threatened or near threatened (Fowler, 2014), as are three quarters of all …
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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 … prior to utilization has caused many to be fished into threatened status in a relatively short time. 24 This paper … of maintaining ecological systems. They are however being threatened by both human activity and natural causes. …
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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 … crops and promising species, as well as diversity in threatened ecosystems. • To develop a more rational global … Access to genetic resources and related biotechnologies is threatened by the increasing number of national laws that …
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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 … severity to the point that our whole way of life will be threatened. Already many pastoralists in the North East of … yet their ways of life are becoming increasingly threatened by climate change, competition for land and …
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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 … be used for measures for recovery and rehabilitation of threatened species for reintroduction into natural habitats, … obligations created by the Nagoya Protocol, which could be threatened if Parties had the right to make reservations. …
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The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources

… breed, and across all breeds within each domestic animal species, together with the species differences of interest … up breed conservation plans for populations at risk or threatened, including semen/embryo collection and storage, … and the promotion of actions to conserve local or threatened livestock breeds or plant varieties. All these …
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Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty

… give consent is often problematic, given the range of species and the fact that many species populations are pelagic or migratory. 2.1.2.4 … Tariffs) panel, in the infamous Tuna-Dolphin case (1991), threatened the rapidly developing international architecture …
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Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD

… right in the genetic properties of naturally occurring species. No such right had ever existed in any 16 CBD, … 2007, in Chapter 5. 200 See generally IUCN SSC Red List of Threatened Species available online at … they are more limited, such as genes in a species that is threatened by extinction, or those linked to a par- ticular …
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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 … to paragraph 15 (Indemnification) in the event of any threatened or actual suit against the LICENSEE inconsequences … It is understood and agreed that, with regard to the threatened litigation or litigation arising from the license …
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