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… Natasha Ali and China Williams With the financial support of Co-funding provided by IUCN_EPLP_83_ENG_RZ.indd 1 … Nations General Assembly UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants WHO World Health … rather than the sectoral approach (focusing on speci!c species, ecosystems, or sites) that is characteristic of …

… to be gained by accessing genetic resources and making use of them. They provide a crucial source of information to … which they are part of. This includes diversity within species, between species and their ecosystems. Biological … genes, or small molecules. These can be used in crop protection, drug development, the production of specialized …

… Overview of the Lesson Farmers´ Rights in the International Treaty on … benefit sharing. The components of Farmers’ Rights are: i) protection of traditional knowledge; ii) the fair and … example is the genus Lycopersicon, in which many wild species can be crossed with the cultivated tomato L. …

… Culture and wetlands A Ramsar guidance document Table of contents Preface 3 by Anada Tiéga, Ramsar Secretary … CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora COP Conference of the Parties … 12 The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural …

… Overview of the Lesson Farmers´ Rights in the International Treaty on … lesson explains that Article 9 includes measures for the protection of local and indigenous communities’ and farmers’ … have tended to utilize a diverse selection of crop species in order to assure their harvests; seed production in …

… PROTOCOLS A Community Approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy A Community Approach to … the communities that have most contributed to the protection of biodiversity and least contributed to climate … practices that contaminate or destroy the natural world, species and habitats, sacred sites, and our communities and …

… This learning material is part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to … shall apply a precautionary approach to environmental protection ... when there is reason to believe that wastes or … to remedy environmental injury: the extinction of a species of fauna or flora, erosion, loss of human life and …

… sacred lakes in recent times has led to increasing problems of water shortage, flooding, and lack of clean water, and in … Peninsula, wetlands and springs have had legal Islamic protection since the 11th cen- tury. Called himas, these … wetlands provide the only breed- ing grounds for some bird species and support a unique flora as well as rare mammals. …

… knowledge is the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities around the world. … It tends to be collectively owned and takes the form of stories, songs, folklore, proverbs, cultural values, … agricultural practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Sometimes it is referred to as an …