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Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Plant health and food security

… food preferences of populations. Plant pest and disease outbreaks have caused massive food shortages and … people died because of the famine. The Potato late blight disease caused by Phytophthora infestans, a pest that is … 4, causing the Banana fusarium wilt, also known as Panama disease. Any reduction in banana production through pests in …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… now forms the basis on which modern high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties are being produced.3 Indeed, … the genes from CWR, many useful traits, such as pest and disease resistance, abiotic stress tolerance or quality … th e In te rn at io na l T re at y M O D U LE II 8 fungal disease Black Sigatoka, and cotton crop by Cotton Leaf Curl …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

… of public funds, compared with managing that pest or disease in perpetuity after it becomes established. The …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Scientific Assessment Report - UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution - Summary for policy makers

… (WHO) published its latest estimates of the burden of disease related to ambient (outdoor) and household (indoor) … peak ozone exposure since the 1990s. However the burden of disease from ozone is not restricted to exposure during … as one of the top10 causes of the global burden of disease. Air pollution policy can significantly contribute to …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

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

… that the variety carries genes that are resistant to many disease causing fungi. It has since been used as a source of … of resistance to rhizomania, a devastating sugar-beet root disease. Meanwhile, it was found that the collections also … local conditions and that exhibit resistances to blast disease were multiplied and distributed to over 1000 …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Factsheet - Ecosystem Services

… Protect water channels and shores from erosion n Regulate disease-carrying organisms n Provide ingredients for …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the International Plant Protection Convention e-course

… cause a severe food crisis. That was the case of a potato disease called “a late blight of potato” caused by a fungus …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

… treatments for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for parties not operating under Article 5 2 181 … for the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and for the delivery of leuprolide to the … (MDIs) for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, nasal dexamethasone, and specific cleaning, bonding …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

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

… crop varieties that promote productivity and resistance to disease that can only be maintained with the continuous input …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures

22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity