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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… has focused the minds of many on the finite nature of our resource base. However, something much greater than the … channel, embankment, filter, filterbed, pipeline, pumping plant, purification plant, plant for the generation 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 ; …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… 49 LAND-USE IMPACTS ON PLANT DIVERSITY AND CARBON STORAGE AT ITAPARICA RESERVOIR, … Session 2.1: Crops, livestock, genetics, seed systems GENETIC ANALYSIS FOR WATER USE EFFICIENCY TRAITS AND YIELD … 125 DROUGHT VIS-A-VIS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-A MEANS FOR ATTAINING SUSTAINABILITY AND …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… 16 Resource efficiency and Markets … for Environment and Development IPA: ........ Important Plant Area IUCN: ..... International Union for Conservation … are broken allowing seeds and water to penetrate the soil, plant matter is rapidly decomposed and manure is put back …
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, … their chosen level of protection for human, animal or plant life or health. In this regard, the EC–Biotech Panel … and enforce measures necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health, and the need to restrict the use of …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… armed conflict, patterns of international trade and resource utilization . Part VII contains and develops the … biological diversity, including species diversity, genetic diversity within species, and ecosystem diversity, … drinking water supply, in particular caused by nitrates, plant protection agents and pesticides as well as other …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… It highlights the innovative provisions which promote resource efficiency and sustainable consumption and … sciences, technology and ancestral knowledge along with genetic resources that contain biodiversity and … generated from hydropower, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and mine gas, biomass, geothermal energy, wind …
Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan
… 2. RANGELAND RESOURCE BASE IN … rangeland ecosystems depend on herbivores to maintain plant communities and to avoid development of scrubland and … in Figure 7 above: higher biodiversity, conservation of genetic resources, higher soil carbon sequestration due to …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… in marine and coastal areas 26 Objective 2: Promoting resource management, food production and food security … for conservation and use of indigenous or traditional plant varieties and domestic animal breeds, valuing … sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources – reflect the importance of this theme. The …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… gas emissions and reduced pressure on the natural resource base. The conversion technology is expensive, … permits measures "necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health", while Article XX(g) permits measures … and instead advises sustainable use of the country's genetic resources. It calls for the technical and financial …