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A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… A Moving Target: Genetic Resources and Options for Tracking and Monitoring … Policy and Law Paper No. 67/3 A Moving Target: Genetic Resources and Options for Tracking and Monitoring … equity objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Dr. Alejandro Iza Director IUCN Environmental Law …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… 2011-2020 Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity World Trade Centre 413 St. Jacques Street, Suite … mammals and amphibians is still increasing (Target 12). Genetic diversity of domesticated livestock is eroding, with … and local communities and farmers in maintaining in situ genetic diversity. • Integrating the conservation of the wild …
State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean
… the Caribbean is the region with the greatest biological diversity on the planet and it hosts several of the world’s … This biodiversity also represents a source of abundant genetic resources for Latin America and the Caribbean. In … America and the Caribbean has lost 75 per cent of the genetic diversity of its agricultural crops. 5. Genetic …
State of Biodiversity in Africa
… the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in April 2002, the parties adopted a strategic … the Move to 2010, UNEP 2008). 5. On the issue of access to genetic resources and the sharing of the benefits arising … in the unregulated exploitation of their biological and genetic resources. They have recognized that, without a legal …
Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual
… natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of … Black rhino Population size Productivity (recruitment) Genetic diversity C o n t e n t s � M an ag in g N at ur al W … looking at issues such as drinking water, faiths, crop genetic diversity, poverty, climate change, disaster …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… especially important as they form productive centres of diversity and fisheries. The most variable topography and … their diversity and functional potential, both in terms of genetic and metabolic properties (Rower and Thurber, 2009). … influence the structure of microbial assemblages, their genetic diversity and overall functioning (Figure 3.1.2). …
European models of good practice in protected areas
… interested in whether Bialowieza is an isolated genetic island or a pool which was repopulated from elsewhere … through the protected part of the forest. tion to which genetic studies are contributing. There are also research … through- out the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural …
Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts
… phytoplankton (primary producers) affect the abundance and diversity of marine organisms, drive marine ecosystem … status, general health, diet and nutrition, education, genetic endowment, and others were discussed by Gilman et al. … such as ddT is also relatively high. Due to low genetic variability in such species, they may be susceptible …
Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning
… For this reason, parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have been urged to use their revised National … this diversity. Ecosystem diversity Species diversity Genetic diversity ! © Jane Ferraris, courtesy of SA N BI This … of the state of biodiversity, at the ecosystem, species or genetic level. The focus in this document is on assessment at …
Evaluating effectiveness : A framework for assessing management effectiveness of protected areas
… throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural … or socially important species etc) Local population level Genetic level Landscape and geological Evidence of formation … Examples include micro-reserves to protect crop genetic diversity, sacred groves that also contain …