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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… Professor at the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental & Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, … Session 2.1: Crops, livestock, genetics, seed systems GENETIC ANALYSIS FOR WATER USE EFFICIENCY TRAITS AND YIELD … of the land-use regime, presumably due to climatic or genetic reasons. The seedlings of A. pyrifolium grew better …
GEO yearbook 2003
… hazardous chemicals, and to share the benefits of plant genetic resources for food security and sustainable … covered the areas of chemicals management, plant genetic resources, and ballast water management. Meanwhile … Action, Report of the Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources. United States Government Printing …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… sciences, technology and ancestral knowledge along with genetic resources that contain biodiversity and … b) The conservation of biological diversity, access to genetic resources in Namibia, and the use of components of … deliberately creating changes in genetic makeup, genetic engineering intervenes in the elementary structures of life. …
WTO Panel Report on the "EC-Biotech" Case: Considerations for Trade and Development"
… the sector, and their perception of the linkages between genetic modification and ethical issues. As a result, … with a 60-fold increase between 1996 and 2006; this makes genetic engineering the fastest adopted crop technology in recent …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… economic crisis on the Brazilian auto industry. Production Engineering Department, University of São Paulo (available at … and instead advises sustainable use of the country's genetic resources. It calls for the technical and financial … protect areas of national significance, biodiversity and genetic resources. These objectives demonstrate a clear …
Energy law and sustainable development
… going to be used for some decades to come, however, social engineering to limit the growth in their use is essential. … Many more species are losing a considerable part of their genetic variation, making them increasingly vulnerable to … change. The causes of the decline of species and their genetic diversity are multiple and complex, including …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… differing technical areas as h y d r o l o g y, ecology, engineering and economics. Accordingly, care should be taken … equipment and facilities involved,the process employed,the engineering aspects of the application of various types of … 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 ; …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… biological diversity, including species diversity, genetic diversity within species, and ecosystem diversity, … equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources, including through biotechnology with States providing access to such genetic resources on mutually agreed terms . 2 . Parties …
Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management
… protection 2 1 2 3 3 – 2 Preservation of species and genetic diversity (biodiversity) 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 Maintenance of … levels are sufficient to maintain population numbers and genetic diver- sity; when considering visitor reactions, it …