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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
… determined characteristic that enhances the ability of an organism to cope with its environment (CBD). Adaptation Fund … - The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) - The Convention for the Regulation … movement, transit, handling and use of living modified organisms that may have an adverse effect on the …
Compilation of Internationally agreed environmental Goals and Objectives
… and harmonized manner. 4. The compilation will be a living document that will be developed in the future to … in order to decrease the disparities in standards of living and better meet the needs of the majority of the … Genetic Resources, 2007, para. 15 NB Biosafety /living modified organisms (g) Establish or maintain means to …
Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… the existing international legal regime may need to be modified (for example to revisit responsive, voluntary … (on PIC), and the Basel Convention. MEAs often are “living” documents. Once they are adopted, there is an ongoing … to Benefit the Environment GMO: Genetically modified organism GO: Operational Group (Brazil, known by its …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… much of which is drawn from shallow aquifers. Those living in rural areas often rely entirely upon groundwater. 1 … important species and serve as nurseries for half of the living organisms in the world’s oceans. However, their very … application of subparagraph (2) for artificial and heavily modified bodies of water, with the aim of achieving good …
The development of international environmental law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreements Conference of the Parties and its validity
… treaties to regulate the conservation of seals, marine living resources, minerals exploitation and have also agreed … interpretation adopted by the CoP is uncontested and not modified by further practice, it is likely to be regarded as …
Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
… chemicals, hazardous wastes, ODS, endangered species and living modified organisms is an international problem with serious … of trade in ODS, toxic chemicals, hazardous waste, living modified organisms and endangered species are similar …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… Gulf of Mexico 260 Box III(2)-11: South Africa’s Marine Living Resources Fund 264 Box IV-1: Growth in TBPAs in … for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto MEPC Marine … means a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment, …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… with the laws of the Kingdom of Cambodia; and 3. Any living specimens will be so prepared and shipped as to … or possession of noxious insects, pests or genetically modified organisms, etc. No person shall knowingly import … dangerous to animals or birds, or any genetically modified organism without the prior written consent of the …
Third report on the protection of the atmosphere
… of a reference to the significant adverse effects to living resources in draft guideline 1 (c). 11 It was also … (Stockholm Declaration), 42 and reconfirmed, in a slightly modified form, in principle 2 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on … of the 1958 Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, 212 defined in article 2 …