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… A Moving Target: Genetic Resources and Options for Tracking and Monitoring … systems to CSOLP development 100 4.2.1 Registry of genetic resource rights and transfers 100 4.2.2 Integration of the … property rights ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture MTA material …

… 22/06/12 10:48 Page2 About the World Heritage Resource Manual Series Since the World Heritage Convention … ag e 38 Planning3 continent of Gondwana, many of which are plant species endemic to the region. Conse- quently, … 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 …

… national accounts of biodiversity-related natural resource stocks (such as forests and water) and where … mammals and amphibians is still increasing (Target 12). Genetic diversity of domesticated livestock is eroding, with … cultivated plants is maintained 3 Ex situ collections of plant genetic resources continue to improve, albeit with some …

… are very high in the region: thus, 50 per cent of the plant life of the Caribbean is unique. This biodiversity also represents a source of abundant genetic resources for Latin America and the Caribbean. In … it is one of the world’s most water-abundant regions, the resource is distributed very unequally and subject to …

… the Move to 2010, UNEP 2008). 5. On the issue of access to genetic resources and the sharing of the benefits arising … The African mainland harbours between 40,000 and 60,000 plant species and about 100,000 known species of insects, … (Accessed 24 March 2010). World Resource Institute (2010). http://www.earthtrends.wri.org. …

… UK. Sandra C. Straub, UWA Oceans Institute and School of Plant Biology (M470), University of Western Australia, … in the past has seemed like an almost limitless natural resource, including as a source of food. This is far from the … their diversity and functional potential, both in terms of genetic and metabolic properties (Rower and Thurber, 2009). …

… forest, does not require a great deal of samples such as plant material to be removed from the forest, and could not … interested in whether Bialowieza is an isolated genetic island or a pool which was repopulated from elsewhere … they time the grazing of cattle, prevent destructive resource uses, control wild fires and restore degraded …

… sulfonate (PFOS), higher temperatures may increase plant uptake by transpiration, although these changes may be … increased carbon dioxide that could reduce the activity of plant stomata and reduce plant transpiration. Bioavailability … status, general health, diet and nutrition, education, genetic endowment, and others were discussed by Gilman et al. …

… management in a changing environment; assist in effective resource allocation; promote accountability and transparency; … reflect whether the long-term objectives are met (e.g. are plant and animal populations stable, are ecological systems … or socially important species etc) Local population level Genetic level Landscape and geological Evidence of formation …

… Region, South Africa © Olivier Langrand; Important Plant Area, Romania © Anca Sârbu. Layout by: Bookcraft Ltd, … benefit to humanity. Most directly, it comprises a vast genetic storehouse of medicines, foods and fibers (Myers … amongst stakeholders (scientists, government agencies, resource users, NGOs and donors) and a sense of ownership of …