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Introduction to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits

… seabed. The sovereignty of a state extends, beyond its land territory and its internal waters, to a belt of sea … coastal state comprises the submerged prolongation of the land territory of the coastal state - the seabed and subsoil … contribution to marine pollution load (by mass) are: land-based (82%), vessel-based (9%), dumping of waste at sea …
25 May 2026 Course lesson 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

… examined traditional medicinal plant knowledge. Similarly, agricultural breeding and crop protection researchers were … t sharing (ABS) focused largely on the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. Sectors that relied on the bulk … change, population growth, shrinking areas of arable land and the rapid erosion of agrobiodiversity. Greater …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… Development and Environment, of Physical Planning, Land and Forest Management and of Agriculture, Animal …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

UNEP Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… seeks to bring together agriculture, forestry, fishery, land use and nature con- servation in new ways. The UN … conventions, atmo- sphere conventions, land conventions, marine pollution conventions, and chemi- �� … supported the US-led ‘Miami Group’ as all were major agricultural exporters. In the end, developing countries …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

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

… work correspond to some of the major biomes on the planet Agricultural Biodiversity Dry and Sub-humid Lands …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

International System of Protection of Natural and Cultural Heritage

… an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or … flood important parts of the property, industrial and agricultural development including use of pesticides and …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Manual for the national focal points for CMS and its instruments

… The Appendices of CMS include many mammals, including land mammals, marine mammals and bats; birds; fish; reptiles …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… health care, enhanced food security through sustainable agricultural practices, improve supplies of potable water, … in a more controlled fashion; � beneficial changes to agricultural and in- dustrial practice, including diminution … little evidence to support the claim of increased agricultural yield; � many widely promoted examples of GM …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity