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An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… relevant to the Protocol 20 Box 8. Possible elements of national biosafety regulations 21 Preamble 25 Box 9. Centres … 41 Box 13. Examples of definition of “contained use” in national legislation 42 Box 14. Genetic material: … I, II and III, paragraph 18 (a),1 of Annex I of the report of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Group of Experts on …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… 134 ARTICLE 13 NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS AND COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORI- TIES … CBD – Standardisation Options for ABS Transaction, Interim Report (BfN: Bonn – Bad Godesberg, 2008), p. 7. 8 An …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Protecting human health and the environment: A guide to the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides

… hard, in the end, to "prove" things. The bald eagle, the national bird of the United States, nearly became extinct a … health risks and pollution problems that do not respect national borders. As the world's countries join the …
21 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners

… focus on profits has seen companies convince municipal and national authorities to accelerate extractive and economic … by extraction projects, impacts the whole society at national and global level. Projects such as construction of … are not going to abandon it”. Information adapted from a report provided by Action Aid. Box 7 Benefits of FPIC “Like a …
21 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Institutional Arrangements and the Clearing House Mechanism

… serves also as the Secretariat to the Protocol. At the national level, each party is required to designate a national focal point to be responsible for exchange with the … Each party also has to designate one or more competent national authority to perform the administrative functions as …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Overview of the Rotterdam Convention

… period, over 170 countries have designated some 265 national authorities (DNAs) to act on their behalf in the … exchange about their characteristics, providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export … caused by a severely hazardous pesticide formulation may report such problems to the Secretariat. All Parties receive …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Major Components of the Nagoya Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… access provisions include requirements to designate a national focal point who is responsible for providing … with the Secretariat; as well as one or more competent national authorities who are responsible for granting PIC and … http://www.informea.org/terms/national-legislation 4. Access and Benefit-sharing …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

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

… 8. Principle of progressive realisation and non-regression National level 1. Cooperation, and Common but Differentiated … article 14(1)(a) and (b) of the 1992 CBD treat both the national and international aspects of the issue. The concept … Declaration provides: 1992 Rio Declaration Principle 16 “National authorities should endeavour to promote the …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

PIC Chemicals An Introduction to the Chemicals Listed in the Rotterdam Convention that are Subject to the Iinternational Legally-binding Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure

… of the importing Party. Parties and their Designated National Authorities (DNAs) Parties are countries or regional …
21 Jun 2026 Document