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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 …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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 …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

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 …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… modules of the series. 1 The Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft … to agriculture, the most important ones include changes in land use, replacement of traditional varieties by modern … intensification, increased population, poverty, land degradation and environmental change (including climate …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ratification and Implementation Guidelines

… 61 61 62 64 64 64 64 66 66 Article 9: Releases Sources of Land and Water Releases Covered Required Control Measures for … 7); 5. Emissions (to air) (Article 8); 6. Releases (to land and water) (Article 9); 7. Environmentally sound interim … the formal economy, offers them an op- portunity for more access to capital and longer-term stability, and provides the …
25 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… aimed explicitly at World Heritage managers and staff. • Access to dedicated support units at UNESCO Headquarters in … an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … often led to communities being forcibly relocated from land that had in some cases been their traditional homelands …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… where the water table is at or near the surface of the land, or where the land is covered by shallow water. The Ramsar Convention takes … water jeopardizes human well-being and the environment. Access to safe water, human health, food production, economic …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… reduce emissions and releases of mercury to air, water and land and the impact of such emissions and releases on the … mercury compounds, often expressed as “total mercury”, to land and water from the relevant point sources not addressed … policies, programme priorities and eligibility for access to and utilization of financial resources. In …
25 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Vital Waste Graphics 3

… The centre’s core focus is to facilitate the free access and exchange of information to support decision making … planet, more consumption, more waste, more pollution, less land available for landfills, and fewer resources, what will … to it. The main source of this pollution is apparently land-based, considering the increasing Plastics Paper Metals …
25 May 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… Protocol.4 Under the International Treaty, facilitated access to genetic resources that are included in the … production constitutes 85 per cent of the agricultural land used, with several different varieties grown. The local … rice) a year because she has been able to access more land. She leases land from the local school, and due to the …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity