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Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing Thomas Greiber, Sonia Peña Moreno, … 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 …
Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits
… seabed. The sovereignty of a state extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea … coastal state comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal state - the seabed and subsoil … contribution to marine pollution load (by mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… and Rachel Wynberg Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefi t Sharing in a Time of Scientifi c, … force of the CBD. It became clear that industry demand for access and the odds of developing a commercial product were … change, population growth, shrinking areas of arable land and the rapid erosion of agrobiodiversity. Greater …
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 … them to operate freely, participate in decision-making and access information on land and natural resource governance ▶ …
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 … before national parks are created, and face restricted access to their lands and resources, upon which their lives …
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 … Fuel sulfur content Public transport Non-solid fuels access Cook/heating stoves No. of Countries0 193 Countries …
Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group
… is worsening in large part because ‘competition for access to natural resources is intensifying against a … 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 …
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 institutional framework fight against impunity and access to justice establishment of a strong national human …
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 … to participation (arts. 2 and 4). 15. Transparency and access to information are directly linked to the right to …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… healthy and sustainable environment. 1. See Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision- Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, art. 1; African … conducted with due respect for the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the peoples or communities …