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Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… (CBD) entered into force to promote the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the … to fund conservation initiatives and create incentives for biodiversity conservation. For the fi rst time, users of … ‘it is a real pity to see that it is easier to cut down a forest for timber than to get a few hundred grams of …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… level for their efforts in environmental and agricultural biodiversity protection, as keepers of traditional knowedge … published about traditional knowledge and relevance to biodiversity and development, e.g. authored by Abramovitz for … Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, the Global Biodiversity Strategy: Policy-makers' Guide produced by the …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… wetlands. One can guess that the latter’s extraordinary biodiversity and natural productivity played an important … most fur-bearing animals, and many species of farm game, forest game and warm-water fish. It was calculated that of … lagoons, marshes, salt pans, (8) mangrove swamps and forest, (9) slow-flowing rivers and streams, (10) fast- …
Manual for the national focal points for CMS and its instruments
… Promote and Facilitate the Implementation of the National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan (NBSAP) and/or National … of Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine, National Forest Service, General Directorate of Water, National Marine … State One expert from each of the following fields: forest management and conservation, environmental law, wild …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… of the Convention, to be a concrete example for valuing biodiversity and its ecosystem services, and for taking … attributes. This means that, for example, access to a forest for “conventional” timber extraction or hunting would … as a commodity – This means, for example, that access to a forest is requested for timber extraction or hunting. This …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… ix List of contributors Ruth Mackenzie is Director of the Biodiversity and Marine Resources Programme at the Foundation … have linked up with key players in the industrial forest sector to support research that will increase tree … the gases that are responsible for global warming. While forest-related biotech research is still in its infancy …
Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… food security, climate change and the loss of agricultural biodiversity. Over one billion people are suffering from … agricultural crops and their wild rela- tives, livestock, forest and fishery resources. It furthermore includes the … agricultural crops and their wild rela- tives, livestock, forest and fishery resources. It furthermore includes the …