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IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources

… Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), or the World Health Organization (WHO) show that there is not a single … with genetic material referring to any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin containing functional units … contained in biological material, which can be a plant, an animal, parts thereof, but also a microorganism;  Contains …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… 10 2.1 Bio-Cultural Community Protocol of the Traditional Health Practitioners of Bushbuckridge, South Africa 11 2.2 … practices, including the development of plant species and animal breeds. Traditional knowledge is mainly of a practical … system’ that combines farming, fishing, mining, forestry, animal husbandry, hunting and crafts34 and involve zoning of …
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Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide

… apply are those that are: � necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; � relating to the conservation of exhaustible natural … which includes protection of human health or safety, animal or plant life or health, or the environment (Article …
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Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project

… research sampling methods, and of course the removal of animal biomass (DFO, 2001). Two major issues of seamount … omy still generally recognized only two kingdoms of life (animal and plant). When the final text of the UN Con- vention … absolute poverty, and 68% of the population had access to health care in 1991. An estimated 42% of the population in …
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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… that access to genetic resources (crop, tree and animal) is necessary to ensure food security in the … contribution from plants decreases and that from animal products increases. they are to avoid similar crises. … for the Establishment of a Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (1973), the …
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Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments

… as trade in goods and services, agriculture, textiles and health-related restrictions on imports. All of these … or morality, including to protect . . . plant life or health or to avoid serious prejudice to the environment." … Members to "adopt measures necessary to protect public health and nutrition, and to promote the public interest in …
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A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows

… and natural products, as well as influence by the animal rights movement (Kumar 2005). Some regulatory … resources has, over the years, focused on plant and animal genetic resources. Recently, and given developing … for payment of employment benefits such as sick leave, health insurance or social security, unless the employee is …
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Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa

… United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that two billion people … high emissions and other negative consequences, including health problems, it has become a pressing matter to develop … potential for ethanol production and for biogas from animal waste. Regarding the regional distribution of clean …
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