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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …