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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… Series No.Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity BIODIVERSITY IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT Background … effort will be needed to achieve this target. The loss of genetic diversity, species and ecosystems is proceeding apace … plants, animals and micro-organisms are considered at the genetic, species/community and ecosystem/ habitat levels, and …
17 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions

… Protocol on Biosafety Nagoya Protocol on ABS plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: benefit-sharing … benefit-sharing CBD Art. 2: Definitions • "Biological diversity" means the variability among living organisms from … and of ecosystems. • "Biological resources" includes genetic resources, organisms or parts thereof, populations, …
17 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… are also of relevance. The 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity states in article 20 (4) that implementation of … “FPIC”) with respect to the use of their knowledge and the genetic resources on which they rely. In the words of article … exist regarding the terms on which such knowledge and genetic resources may be used or, in the words of article …
17 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… 6-18 6.3.1. Convention on Biological Diversity .................................... 6-18 6.3.2. … sharing of the benefi ts arising out of the utilization of genetic resources, including by appropriate access to genetic resources and by appropriate transfer of relevant …
17 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… or uses of marine living organisms, parts thereof or their genetic material. While some regard it as marine scientific … laid down in article 2 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (“CBD”). Accordingly, biodiversity does not just … of the ecosystems of which these species are part and genetic diversity within species. Concrete components of …
17 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… or uses of marine living organisms, parts thereof or their genetic material. While some regard it as marine scientific … laid down in article 2 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (“CBD”). Accordingly, biodiversity does not just … of the ecosystems of which these species are part and genetic diversity within species. Concrete components of …
17 May 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… Conventions: The Case of the Convention on Biological Diversity … are seen in the 2010 Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of … of the Protocol’s provisions on traditional knowledge and genetic resources held by indigenous peoples and local …
17 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Multilateral Environmental Agreements - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… to article 19(3) of the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity, the Conference of the Parties, by its decision … as was the case with the 2002 Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the … ://informea.org/decision/access-and-benefit-sharing-related-genetic-resources 2. Administering Treaties Treaties do not …
17 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… have the potential to cause cancer, birth defects, induce genetic and natural resources originating from halfway across … as litter breakdown and nutrient cycling, food production, genetic diversity, biological pest control, and pollination. A recent …
17 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… and sustainable use of the ecosystems and biological diversity on which the full enjoyment of human rights … activities, the use of their traditional know- ledge and genetic resources, or other activities in relation to their … 19, 29 (2) and 32. See also Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of …
17 May 2026 Document in Environmental Governance