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

… to say that plant genetic diversity is more important for farming than any other environmental factor, because it … difficult for farmers, who are still engaged in diversity farming.2 Farmers' Rights are important, in order to ensure … draft Resolution was the final result of wide-ranging and intensive discussions and negotiations among many countries, …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

What is Agrodiversity

… on fragile areas, forests and endangered species * Make farming systems more stable, robust, and sustainable * … industrial and Green Revolution agriculture. This includes intensive livestock production, industrial fisheries and … when commercial varieties are introduced into traditional farming systems. While FAO (1996) states that some indicators …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… Their wetlands were often in a near-pristine state and intensive management was not appropriate. A sustainable yield … (reclamation, recreation) or low resource countries (intensive productivity) must be recognized, and activities … as ducks, flamingos and herons. The third dealt with farming for waterfowl and the prevention of crop damage. The …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… to more intensified production. In contrast to traditional farming systems where agricultural inputs were mainly … inter alia, on the importance of maintaining diverse farming systems and on implementing participatory approaches … Philosophy (2010). 33 Leskien and Flitner (1997), p. 36. farming systems, the promotion of plant breeding efforts and …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… are considered crucial by farmers who therefore engage in farming practices in which the use of PGRFA, or … nitrogen uptake and therefore increased production in intensive farming systems Lesson 3 –Implementation of Farmers´Rights 7 …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… Convention, especially in the case of sites subject to intensive use by human communities – either to extract …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… plant diversity has been the raw material that enabled farming systems and agriculture to evolve. Food plants have … contributes to reducing genetic vulnerability, as diverse farming systems are more resistant to pests, diseases and … measures are targeted to ensure the maintenance of diverse farming systems, to maximise intra and inter-specific …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… and exporting the virtual water embedded in water intensive commodities. Global trade in bulk water is also … river ba- sin from natural vegetation to arable farming and cattle grazing. Removal of the natural vegetation … C relies extensively on aquaculture especially salmon farming on the section of the River X which flows through its …
31 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Manual for the national focal points for CMS and its instruments

31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… the development of all the major crops and animals used in farming today, and continue to be of central importance in … crops or traditional crops and dis- ruption of small scale farming systems that are prevalent in developing countries; � …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity