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Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… which an Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol was developed. This ABS Guide is the fourth in a series of IUCN … and Purpose of this Guide The series of Explanatory Guides developed by the IUCN Environmental Law Centre1 seeks to … to whom they are addressed – provider and/or user country – and what exactly is expected from the addressee. …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… have common but differentiated responsibilities. The developed countries acknowledge the responsibility that they … economies in transition, with particular regard to least developed countries and those affected adversely by … http://leo.informea.org/terms/developing-country http://leo.informea.org/terms/economy-transition …
Document - ABS information kit
… can include private land owners and communities within a country, who are entitled to provide access to genetic … to genetic resources. This traditional knowledge is developed through the experiences of communities over … through this interaction over generations that they have developed knowledge of the different properties of biological …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… in 1986. It traces its genesis as a political notion developed by civil society activists to highlight the … of farmers to PGRFA.9 At the beginning, the idea developed as a way of countering increased demand for plant … with regard to plant genetic resources from the developing country perspective. However, it does not lay down any …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… the realization of Farmers’ Rights, in their own country specific context.. Learning Objectives At the end of … extinction means ensuring that it is kept alive and developed further. Measures for its protection are considered … with no intrinsic value for commercial production, but developed under particular conditions. Currently, around 1 …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… crop genetic diversity. All today’s major food crops were developed through these time-honored farming systems. … to benefits from the use of PGRFA that have been developed and conserved by them. The International Treaty … communities in decision-making bodies, according to each country’s existing institutions. Since agriculture is heavily …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… on the part of UNEP concerning the legal status of any country, territory or city or its authorities, or concerning … national environmental laws. A BCP is a protocol that is developed after a community undertakes a consultative process … A range of national governments in the meantime also have developed their own regimes, in anticipation of a future …
Strengthening the implementation of Farmers' Right in Guatemala
… security of the most vulnerable population in the country, the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) … specific elements in the draft policy of seeds being developed by an inter-institutional committee. The Government … 3. Participatory and inclusive methodology The case study developed in Guatemala was based on a participatory and …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… This is viewed as ‘work-in-progress’ to be further developed and completed through the experience gained in … work for COP8 by Thymio Papayannis. It has been further developed by the Ramsar Culture Working Group, with important … disseminating knowledge on the experience gained in each country can be a very useful process in improving …