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UNEP Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… � GUIDE FOR NEGOTIATORS OF MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Guide for NeGotiators of … into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Waste within Africa (Bamako … good negotiators will propose alternative text that may sound very similar to what is in brackets, but nevertheless …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… of knowledge and best practice exists on protected area management and it is not the objective or the ambition of … Heritage Programme, IUCN • Ben Boer, Emeritus Professor in Environmental Law, Australian Centre for Climate and Environ- … For example it would be of limited value to have a sound management plan that stopped at the boundary of the …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… World Conservation UnionThe World Conservation Union IUCN Environmental Law Centre Ruth Mackenzie, Françoise … immediate and delayed effects 109 Article 16 Risk management 111 Article 17 Unintentional transboundary … whether it is a legal principle in addition to being a sound policy approach. Some argue that the concept of …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 83 A n Explanatory G … community conserved areas, or areas under no conservation management regime); ! the types of subsequent use proposed … access to their genetic resources for environmentally sound uses by other Contracting Parties and ! do not impose …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… countries relies on diverse cropping systems as risk management strategies against pests and severe weather conditions. The need to adopt ecologically sound agricultural practices is being increasingly recognized … crop is uniformly susceptible to a given pest, pathogen or environmental hazard. Genetic uniformity creates a potential …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

CBD: Measures for Conservation and Sustainable Use - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:Introductory Course to the … and Environment, of Physical Planning, Land and Forest Management and of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries … in natural surroundings; Promotion of environmentally sound and sustainable development in areas adjacent to …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

CBD: Mechanisms for Implementation - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:Introductory Course to the … 125,000 hectares of the natural ecosystems and improving management of the landscape. These activities will benefit … effectively implemented, and decision-making is based on sound science and the precautionary approach." Parties shall …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

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

… 5 Classification and evaluation Chapter 6 Wise use, management and monitoring Chapter 7 Funding the operation of … treaty was being developed was a time of greatly increased environmental awareness. Looking back, we can see that the … present state must be taken into consideration if a really sound decision is to be made. In Chapter 5 we saw that there …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… Reliance on Human Management … as agricultural inputs increases in both financial and environmental terms. This suggests that the role of crop … of some key terms and concepts that are essential for a sound understanding of the International Treaty. It can also … facilitate access to genetic resources for environmentally sound uses and not to impose restrictions that run counter to …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Major Components of the Cartagena Protocol - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:Introductory Course to … Food, Feed or for Processing 4. Risk Assessment and Risk Management 5. Unintentional Transboundary Movement of LMOs 6. … based on risk assessment carried out in a scientifically sound manner, in accordance with Annex III of the Protocol …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity