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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… The International Treaty was the first legally binding instrument to acknowledge the immense contribution made by … diversity and results of technical, scientific and socio-economic research, for example, research related to … to develop varieties particularly adapted to social, economic and ecological conditions, including in marginal …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

International Aspects of Implementation

… national strategies into planning activities in economic and social sectors other than environment. There … the Secretariat/Coordination Unit and Member States to the instrument. http://www.thegef.org/gef/ …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Additional Reading - Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets

… air and water; it contributes to local livelihoods, and economic development, and is es- sential for the achievement … Targets; • adopting the updated NBSAPs as a policy instrument; • using the updated NBSAPs for the integration of … obligations, taking into account national socio economic conditions. By 2020, at the latest, Governments, …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An Introduction to National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

… Strategy and Action Plan can become a powerful national instrument, accepted and adopted by government and all … as necessary to provide the national biodiversity planning instrument needed to implement the Convention within the … with environmental assessment procedures; improved use of economic tools in national biodiversity planning; improved …
21 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

… Wynberg 9 ITPGRFA, which is the primary international instrument regulating the exchange of key crops through Annex … ABS principles, human rights, scientifi c advancement and economic opportunities. Concerns about legal certainty, … resources, traditional knowledge sets, levels of economic development and conservation goals. They may also be …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the Convention on Biological Diversity

… surroundings, these impacts can and do have significant economic costs and negatively affect human health. … global environmental impacts. In 1991, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, further developing the EIA … that “Environmental impact assessment, as a national instrument, shall be undertaken for proposed activities that …
21 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… Convention has become the most successful international instrument to recognize the most exceptional natural places … Crawhall, Co-Chair of IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) – WCPA Strategic Direction … by their natural environment and of successive social, economic and cultural forces, both external and internal’ …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Membership of technical and scientific advisory bodies to CMS family bodies

21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Factsheet - Convention on Biodiversity

… objectives, the CBD is often seen as the key international instrument for sustainable development n Ecosystems, species … biodiversity, but it will bring significant environmental, economic and social benefits in return n The Ecosystem …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

The Funding Strategy of the International Treaty

… The first Global Plan of Action was adopted in 1996 as an instrument to identify the technical and financial needs for … regional and international level. It is a ‘rolling instrument’, which means that it is periodically updated … Valuing Crop Biodiversity: on-farm Genetic Resources and Economic Change. Available at: …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity