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The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… to food and agriculture, and those constituting the agro-ecosystem: the variety and variability of animals, plants and … organisms, necessary to sustain key functions of the agro-ecosystem, its structure and processes. Agrobiodiversity is … those involved in active breeding programmes in the agro-ecosystem, together with husbandry activities that are …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… of a wider range of varieties and crops to ensure better ecosystem service provision. A good example would be the use … of wild relatives of crops of global importance within the ecosystem; • establishing a strong research programme in the … The role of farmers is very critical to sustaining such ecosystem services and with appropriate support they can …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… able use situations, as a way of ensuring that any ecosystem harm caused by the ‘sustainable user’ will be … dominant (but generally unculturable) microbes play in the ecosystem, and establish and publish a freely shared, global … popula- tions and any other biotic component of an ecosystem with actual or potential use or value for humanity; …