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Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… as risk management strategies against pests and severe weather conditions. The need to adopt ecologically sound … that achieve higher yields and are resistant to pests and extreme weather events need to be developed. At the same … to conserve PGRFA diversity incurs a risk. For example, extreme weather conditions can cause the extinction of target …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… food harvests, it affects harvests of the future. The weather conditions have brought high rainfall and humidity … creating new varieties with the potential to adapt to extreme conditions. However, the survival of wild relatives … when farmers grow local varieties they must be mindful of weather conditions, as the different varieties may require …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… wetland community or (ii) exemplify a critical or extreme stage in biological or hydromorphological processes … closure of hunting in periods of extremely adverse weather, outlawing methods of mass destruction, and so forth. … criteria for triggering the stopping of shooting in severe weather conditions. It was the third technical meeting, held …
UNEP Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… purposes of informal consultation. Non-group: If there is extreme reluctance to enter into negotiation, non-groups can … may be poverty, lack of resources, or vulnerability to extreme weather events, such as droughts. The African Group is an …
Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… yields and that are able to withstand new diseases and extreme weather events will have to be developed. For this, it is … conditions will become more variable, with more frequent extreme events, expansion of areas with high climate …