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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… DEADLY ENVIRONMENT: THE KILLING AND CRIMINALIZATION OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS WORLDWIDE ON DANGEROUS … environmental campaigner and activist on indigenous land rights. Last year she was awarded the Goldman … & Nicholas, K. A. (2014). Architecture of the global land acquisition system: applying the tools of network science to …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… change, population growth, shrinking areas of arable land and the rapid erosion of agrobiodiversity. Greater … through the purchase of biotechnology companies, the acquisition of patents for key technologies and products and, …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… random bioprospection; no further information available/acquisition of sample of completely unidenti!ed resources … rights regarding access to biological resources on private land or to create speci!c rights over the genetic resources … knowledge or any other intended activity on their land occurs according to their customary laws. Overall, BCPs …
Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders
… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. My observations and recommendations aim to … and prevent human rights violations, such as the improper acquisition of land. There is a growing commitment of …
Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report
… future with dignity and respect, and to their traditional land and livelihood. They spoke truth to power, and were … groups who strive to defend and promote environmental and land rights. His observations and recommendations aim to … and prevent human rights violations, such as the improper acquisition of land. The Special Rapporteur welcomes the …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… looking at specific transboundary water basins, while land and soil pollution is indirectly addressed by the United … Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). However, global and regional … enables quality education and education enables acquisition of knowledge and skills needed to promote …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… (e) Taxonomic status, common name, point of collection or acquisition, and chara- cteristics of recipient organism or … (g) Taxonomic status, common name, point of collection or acquisition, and charac- teristics of the donor organism or … but as canola in North America. Point of collection or acquisition 760. Article 15 of the CBD requires that access …
Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group
… had been killed as a result of protecting their rights to land and the environment. global Witness emphasised that this … that clearly connected the murder to an environment or land use issue.7 as a result, global Witness concluded that … deadly environment: the killing and criminalization of land and environmental defenders worldwide (20 June 2016). _ …
Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… over the long run. As oil, clean water and arable land become scarcer, their cost as agricultural inputs … plant breeding. be expected from an expansion in arable land.12 Crop genetic resources contain the essential building … is also subject to its informed consent prior to the acquisition of the material. Measures taken with the aim of …
Defenders of the Earth
… Colombia Global Witness documented the murder of 200 land and environmental defenders in 2016. This report is … lives, and to all those around the world who stand up for land rights and the protection of the environment. You are … help end: the increasing suppression of environmental and land rights activism which, in many countries, means the …