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Additional Reading - CBD Programme of Work on technology transfer and technological and scientific cooperatioN

… that support them - is the foundation upon which human civilizations have been built. Sustaining that … biodiversity, in the face of considerable threats from human activ- ities, constitutes one of the greatest … that technology transfer and cooperation fully respect the rights of indigenous and local communities need to be taken …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Manual for the national focal points for CMS and its instruments

… of the world’s environment at the UN Conference on the Human Environment, one of the pressing needs that they … Plan adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972) and noted with … of the delegation, including the exercise of voting rights. 4.1.2.1 composition of Delegations A delegation can …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… in any way. All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and other commercial use rights should … parties. These require- ments include costs, equipment, human resources and the good will among countries. Technical … started to boom (UNU, 2016). Although seaweed is not a new human food source, its production has increased ex- …
01 Jun 2026 Document 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

… of the Convention on Biological Diversity 2012. All Rights Reserved. Front cover photographs: Left – Photograph: … on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) under the World Trade Organization in the mid … this mismatch without compromising ABS principles, human rights, scientifi c advancement and economic …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

The Multilateral System of Access and Benefit Sharing

… contained in Annex I provide for more than 80 percent of human calorie intake from plants. The International Treaty …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

UNEP Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… three criteria: low-income (under $750 per capita), weak human resources (nutrition, health, education and literacy) … The Africa Group also led the charge to incorporate human rights into the Basel Convention.31 Under the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… 1000 BC Foreword Sustainability concerns in enhancing human wellbeing amidst a cultural tradition of reverence for … maintained so that ecosystem services continue to support human well-being and prosperity. our economy on a sustainable … INDIA INITIATIVE 28 largely focus on providing rights for collection and sharing Department, as in the case …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… areas no deeper than six metres at low tide, as well as human-made wetlands such as waste-water treatment ponds and … for biodiversity conservation and for the well-being of human communities, thus fulfilling the full scope of the … in the List does not prejudice the exclusive sovereign rights of the Contracting Party in whose territory the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… the sustainable utilization of wetlands for the benefit of human kind in a way compatible with the maintenance of the … in three categories: Marine and Coastal, Inland and Human-made Wetlands. The inclusion of a site on the list does not prejudice the sovereign rights of the territorial state. However, the state must …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

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

… as pariahs. The fact that many of the most advanced human civilizations developed within or in immediate … an important role. Nonetheless, throughout the whole of human history, wetlands have remained in disrepute. Drainage … effort on “the biological basis of productivity and human welfare”. Its Production, Freshwaters (PF) section, …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity