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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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Convention to Combat … Session 2.1: Crops, livestock, genetics, seed systems GENETIC ANALYSIS FOR WATER USE EFFICIENCY TRAITS AND YIELD … of the land-use regime, presumably due to climatic or genetic reasons. The seedlings of A. pyrifolium grew better …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… For example, the COP of the Convention on Biological Diversity established a process which resulted in the … Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity. For some convention, e.g. Convention on Migratory … contributed significantly to guidelines on pesticides and genetic resources for food and agriculture. The UN Education …