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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 … farm-based conservation of indigenous stock and in-situ preservation; (b) plan and initiate breed development …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… resources, and intensifying international activities in preservation, evaluation, documentation, ex- change of plant … systems is inherently linked to sustainable use – preservation through protected areas is of less relevance to … (species diversity) and the interrelationships of life (ecosystem diver- sity). In other words, the CBD is the …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… field to cope with present and future challenges in the preservation of agricultural biodiversity.’ —Antonio Onorati, … 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 …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… in policy discussions to think of development and the preservation of the environment in antagonistic terms… We … 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 …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… out of the utilization of genetic resources and the preservation of indigenous knowledge. (art. 1) The CBD also … plant genetic resources. Conservation in situ involves the preservation of ecosystems and natural habitats and the … in 1974, IPGRI focuses on conservation, management and preservation of the diversity of plant genetic resources, …