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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions was the first legal instrument the international community adopted to raise … 14 http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml. 14 ing the status and trends of linguistic diversity and numbers of … International Whaling Commission Among the many legal regimes that deal in various ways with whaling, the …
01 Jun 2026 Document

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… and Co-authors Thomas Greiber: Thomas Greiber is Senior Legal Of!cer at the IUCN Environmental Law Centre in Bonn, … Law at the University of Costa Rica, and currently a Legal Adviser of the National Institute of Biodiversity in … in 1969, entry into force in 1980) gives it the same legal status as the remainder of the text in providing context for …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy

… any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP concerning the legal status of any country, territory or city or its authorities, … to deliver. The local implementation of environmental legal frameworks is most likely to lead to environmental and …
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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… further develop PGRFA, in accordance with their national legal system and prevalent agricultural practices. The … are not established. While Article 9.3 does not provide a legal basis to encourage Contracting Parties to regulate … for food and agriculture, taking into account b) the status and degree of variation in existing populations, …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

The Role of Indigenous and Local Communities

… the COP with advice on the application and development of legal and other appropriate forms of protection of … of customary tenure systems, traditional occupations, status of traditional knowledge holders and cultural transmission. The status of flora and fauna, productivity of major crops and …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… to this global partnership. Polluters, regardless of their legal form, may also have also responsibilities pursuant to … participation and equity. This may result in differential legal norms, such as in the 1987 Montreal Protocol on … of disagreements over its precise meaning and legal status and because of concern that it may be misused for …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… these are still not promoted or protected by national legal and policy frameworks in most countries. Contracting … to state sovereignty. Countries are free to define the legal space they deem sufficient for farmers regarding their … the recognition she receives for her work and enjoys her status as a rather well-know anadi farmer in her area. …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity