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Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, with a particular focus on matters related … of potato in its centre of origin; the African genetic resource centre that is struggling to adapt its national … impact that agriculture may have on the environment (e.g. water, energy, pesticides and herbicides) should become an …
IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources
… containing functional units of heredity. This means a resource may qualify as a genetic resource if it Is … the benthic zone (the Area) and the pelagic zone (the water column above). It is good standard practice amongst … taken within or beyond national jurisdiction and from the water column or the seabed. However, ABS discussions also …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… power provided by livestock is in fact an essential resource in many parts of the world. Animal power is used to … fear, and distress; 4) injury and disease; and 5) food, water and malnutrition. The OIE's initial activities decided … as natural resources necessary for feeding animals (mainly water and grazing) and also the rights and obligations of the …
Access to and use of marine genetic resources: understanding the legal framework
… species’ (benthos) of the seabed therein. However, for the water column above the extended CS the freedom of the High … are required for any activity related to MGR up to 200 nm (water column) or 350 nm (extended CS), and that the sole … which relates to the access or utili- zation of a genetic resource would be contingent on a statement ensuring …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… systems to CSOLP development 100 4.2.1 Registry of genetic resource rights and transfers 100 4.2.2 Integration of the … A facility must usually get a permit to discharge “process water” into a river, or even onto land (where it will seep … will contain certain conditions regarding the treatment of water before dis- charge. Thereafter, the holder of a permit …
Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits
… sources include operational discharges such as bilge water discharges, but not the operation of a vessel for the … For example, exotic organisms transported in ship ballast water are invading new ecosystems. As pollution has …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… in two ways. First, they are important as an immediate resource, i.e. for the particular characteristics they may … of scientific re- search, plant breeding or genetic resource conser- vation.21 While the International … iimi@cgnet.com Research and related activities to improve water resource systems and irrigation management in …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… are meas- ured from a defined baseline, generally the low- water mark (Article 5).6 The key areas of State sov- ereignty … has the right to set laws, regulate use, and exploit any resource (subject to the right of innocent pas- sage enjoyed … having fringing reefs, the baseline is the “seaward low-water line of the reef, as shown by the appropriate symbol on …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… parties (users, source countries, source communities and resource owners, user countries, researchers, middlemen and … on both ocean circulation and on the structure of the water column. When ocean currents encounter these massive … primary production there is generally limited; cold, deep water by contrast is usually nutrient- rich (Dower and Fee, …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… on Biological Diversity CBNRM Community-based Natural Resource Management CMPA Collaboratively Managed Protected … as embedded within a network of relationships with land, water, plants, and animals, expressed through culture and … because of the importance of the forest for fruits, honey, water and wildlife, its use for grazing and wood must be …