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Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean
… Biodiversity: My hotel in action A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean … ec om m en d s Boxes and Figures Box 1: The importance of genetic diversity among species 11 Box 2: Biodiversity under … including in developing countries, and promotes equal access to its certification programme irrespective of the …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Food and … of the Secretariat of the International Treaty to strengthen capacities for the effective implementation of … modules of the series. 1 The Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… ITTO develops internationally agreed policy documents to promote sustainable forest management and forest … we develop food crops and derive the raw inputs and genetic materials for industry, agriculture and medicine. … 5: Decentralization, forest tenure and natural resource access rights Decentralized management and improved …
Global Land Outlook
… ©UNCCD, 2017 Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1 … large tracts of arable land, usually with water rights and access to transport infrastructure, as a hedge against future … billion annually,43 albeit under threat.44 A wide range of genetic variation is needed for crop breeding to help species …
The Use of Marine Organisms in Traditional and Allopathic Medicine
… introduced species, climate change and overharvesting. To meet conservation aims and maintain the health and … 2002). Historical trade routes have expanded, providing access to new sources of supply (see Figure 4) and new … may significantly reduce local populations, decrease genetic diversity and cause genetic drift (Benkendorff, …
CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”
… of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed … Ababa Principles and Guidelines ABS The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing ABS ICNP Intergovernmental … value of biological diversity and of the ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… left), Juan Pablo Moreira (page 49 left); Y2Y: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, American Wildlands (map … sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing of genetic resources. It looks beyond the boundaries of … array of habitats, allowing species populations access to a sufficient area of habitat (for foraging, the …
Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production. A Compilation of Tools and Approaches
… of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). We encourage you to download it from www. iucn.org/energy or … of sources, increase rural incomes, reduce waste, improve access to energy, and improve overall energy security and … hybridization and crossing n Marker assisted selection n genetic modification and synthetic biology In the short to …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… em pow erm ent of the poor 103 Wildlife law can contribute to the legal empowerment of the poor to varying extents by … the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity 1.4 The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in … magnitude of such addition determined by the need for new genetic material; 2. to dispose of confiscated animals; or 3. …