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Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… women and children into labour; putting habitats and biodiversity at risk; and undermining attempts to control … Pollutants REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation RIACM Regional Investigative and … criminal justice response to combat illicit trafficking in forest products, and by the INTERPOL General Assembly (AG- …
Enhancing regulatory tools to support sustainable and legal trade in timber and non-timber plant products
… A FF IC TRAFFIC Bulletin S H O R T R E P O R T Non-timber forest products (NTFPs): Wild plants, used in the … resources are often referred to collectively as non-timber forest ecosystems and habitats beyond forests. Trade chains … provides an important set of targets plants to biodiversity conservation and human health is referenced in …
Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. … Assessment and Priority Setting WLFC Wildlife and Forest Crime viii TRAFFIC report: Wildlife Protection and … recognized the need to update status data for elephants in forest habitats, fighting poaching, securing more range and …
Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue
… and one that has impeded progress in combating biodiversity loss and in crime prevention. The mistake that … as a result of poaching, threatening the stability of the forest ecosystem. ● An estimated €10-€15 billion is lost … “Illicit trade in wildlife, including fisheries and forest crime” under the UN Convention on Transnational …
Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Course to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity Book: Book - Unit 1 - Introduction … alien species Climate change 3. Definition of marine biodiversity 4. The international legal framework 1. Why … of the food web. Maintaining the abundance within and the biodiversity of these ecosystems is crucial for fisheries …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… role as the source of our food, to its unique relevance to biodiversity and the environment at large, to the cultural … subsists for a minimum period of fifteen years. For vines, forest trees, fruit trees and ornamental trees, the minimum … protection was sought by a state, or in the case of vines, forest trees, fruit trees and ornamental trees, within six …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… (2) studying technical issues raised by the disclosure of biodiversity-related information in patent applications; (3) … that technology has acquired to protect it. Over time, the biodiversity regime’s approach to intellectual property … protection of fifteen years, with the exception of vines, forest trees, fruit trees and ornamental trees, which are …