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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… Nearly every decision we make is directly linked to the use and availability of water. Water quality reveals … without cost recovery objectives becoming a barrier to access to safe water by poor people, and adopt”. This call … not done so to ratify the International Treaty on Plant Genetic R e s o u rces for Food and A g r i c u l t u r e ; …
Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment
… for the full enjoyment of human rights, including rights to life, health, water, and food. • At the same time, efforts … information, public participation in decision- making and access to justice. The implementation of the post-2015 … principles of benefit sharing, i.e. in the context of genetic resources. In addition, there is some suggestion in …
GEO yearbook 2003
… The GEO Year Book series aims to inform, guide and stimulate further action for the health … issues in a readable and reliable volume, for easy access by anyone with a role in our changing environment. … hazardous chemicals, and to share the benefits of plant genetic resources for food security and sustainable …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… Law, 13 March 1995 • 2nd and 3rd editions presented to the UN Member States at the 54th and 59th sessions of the … shall ensure that all persons have a right of effective access to administrative and judicial procedures, including … biological diversity, including species diversity, genetic diversity within species, and ecosystem diversity, …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, United Nations Environment Programme The … Background to the study … linking government with customary institutions, improving access to equitable markets, strengthening access to … to rangeland productivity and biodiversity. At the genetic level the opportunistic stocking strategies and …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… Development (STK4SD) Consortium United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification 9-12 March 2015, Cancún, Mexico … Session 2.1: Crops, livestock, genetics, seed systems GENETIC ANALYSIS FOR WATER USE EFFICIENCY TRAITS AND YIELD … 134 ENHANCING LIVESTOCK MARKET ACCESS FOR SUSTAINABLE RANGELAND MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVED …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… and the inks vegetable-based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint. UNEP’s Compendium of … this Article places an obligation on the state to provide access to information. 22 In Belgium, Article 7 of Belgium’s … sciences, technology and ancestral knowledge along with genetic resources that contain biodiversity and …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… 2016-2025 Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development 2 MEDITERRANEAN … women’s empowerment, youth employment, equitable access to basic local services, as well as access of local … sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources – reflect the importance of this theme. The …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… protecting food security and linking the production to the needs and requirements of domestic and foreign … of DM forage production in Steppe and Badia areas in open access situations (100 resp. 40 kg/ha) 3 Production in … in Figure 7 above: higher biodiversity, conservation of genetic resources, higher soil carbon sequestration due to …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… STUDIES PART I INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO BIOENERGY PART II COUNTRY CASE STUDIES PART III … poor or vulnerable segments of the population from access to natural resources needed for their livelihoods. … and instead advises sustainable use of the country's genetic resources. It calls for the technical and financial …