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Document - ABS information kit
… genetic resources are those found outside their normal ecosystem or habitat, such as in botanical gardens or seed … world, with activities ranging from taxonomic research to ecosystem analysis. This work is usually conducted by … Image copyright: Eky Chan/Shutterstock: Tropical forest in Malaysia Bonn Guidelines on Access to …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… analysis to determine, say, “the optimal level of tropical forests.”5 Such calculus will give biologists much … half of the planet’s terrestrial biodiversity resides in tropical forests, “no deforestation” is of utmost priority. … It” is quickly compounded: “...biologists say, in many tropical regions it is easier to cut a forest than to study …
Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… of collection practices that damage or destroy the ecosystem under study. While these issues, and the entire … species diversity for any similar-sized tem- perate or tropical region in the world. The highest species diversity … affected by desertification. It is also characterized by a tropical Sudano-Sahel climate in which a long dry season …
Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD
… relationship between a genetic resource’s uniqueness, its ecosystem and its value 92 5.5.2 The CBD – an obligation to … of legal access to our resources, and coordination with ecosystem management and protection requirements. … Analysis of the biophysical properties of the poison in a tropical frog is essentially study of a higher level of …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking proper account of this … whole in a global legal instrument. It is based on a broad ecosystem approach rather than the sectoral approach … including regional herbarium techniques courses, a tropical plant identi!cation course, and diplomas in …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking proper account of this … whole in a global legal instrument. It is based on a broad ecosystem approach rather than the sectoral approach … including regional herbarium techniques courses, a tropical plant identification course, and diplomas in …