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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… role in relation to each site and their possible impact on biodiversity. For many of these activi- ties, objectives are … economic, cultural, scientific and recreational value, the loss of which would be irrepa- rable……” During the more than … ad- vances have been made in the management of global biodiversity, but while environmental problems have become …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… of the contents, and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly … of the Raika Bio-cultural Protocol for Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation The Raika Bio-cultural Protocol 74 … Benefit Sharing BCP Bio-cultural Community Protocol BMC Biodiversity Management Committee CBD Convention on …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… level for their efforts in environmental and agricultural biodiversity protection, as keepers of traditional knowedge … to formal breeding processes. It has been noted that the loss of biological diversity is parallel by the loss of … published about traditional knowledge and relevance to biodiversity and development, e.g. authored by Abramovitz for …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… “..where there is a threat of significant reduction or loss of biological diversity, lack of full scientific … the extinction of a species of fauna or flora, erosion, loss of human life and the dumping of persistent pollutants … are not clearly defined. http://leo.informea.org/terms/biodiversity …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… agrobiodiversity in general, is promoted through community biodiversity management (CBM).3 The best way of protecting … to be carried out, including participation in 3 Community Biodiversity Management is a methodology for promoting conservation and the sustainable utilization of biodiversity at local level, with an emphasis on …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… of the Convention, to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking … and currently a Legal Adviser of the National Institute of Biodiversity in Costa Rica. Furthermore, he is Lead Counsel … to potential funding sources, likely causing signi!cant loss of commercial opportunities that Introduction 13 may be …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… have been the custodians and innovators of agricultural biodiversity. Through careful selection of their best seeds … insufficiently explored, and are in danger of erosion and loss, Considering that: a) in the history of mankind, … and negotiated in the light of the decisions on access to biodiversity and funding mechanisms of the 1992 UN Conference …