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Strengthening the implementation of Farmers' Right in Guatemala

… through participatory plant breeding, the community has modified maize varieties to make corn grains uniform and …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… diversity (biodiversity) as the variability among living organisms from all sources, occurring at three levels: … in pharmaceutical utilization) The function of an organism or its parts serve as a model (e.g., mimics in … utilization of a genetic resource has spread to people living in the same area as the ILC in question and is since …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… species; Management and control of risks associated with living modified organisms resulting from biotechnology; Prevention, …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing

… in the field of safe transfer, handling and use of any Living Modified Organisms (“LMOs”) resulting from biotechnology that …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… or cryopreservation (see Box 1.2).32 The maintenance of living collections requires large inputs of labour and time, … protection – large area of unmodified or slightly modified land and/or sea, retaining its natural … to the description of the essential properties of an organism or system.10 In the context of PGRFA it involves …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… ‘“Biological diversity’ means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, … to offspring. ‘Units of heredity’ are those parts of a living organism that possess the quality to pass traits, such as DNA …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition

… in 2006, ecosystems are described as the complex of living communities (including human communities) and non-living environment (Ecosystem Components) interacting … Since its adoption, the Ramsar Convention has been modified on two occasions: by a protocol (a new treaty which …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Manual for the national focal points for CMS and its instruments

… zones. Figure 2.1 humpback Whale Migrations Source: Living Planet - Connected Planet, p. 49 frequently on the … protecting and preserving the marine environment and its living marine resources against pollution and physical … (Biological diversity) – the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity