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3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… The Scientifi c and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development (STK4SD) Consortium United … Session 2.1: Crops, livestock, genetics, seed systems GENETIC ANALYSIS FOR WATER USE EFFICIENCY TRAITS AND YIELD … 125 DROUGHT VIS-A-VIS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-A MEANS FOR ATTAINING SUSTAINABILITY AND …
Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Biodiversity - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… coastal areas are home to a wide variety of ecosystems, for example, coral reefs found in both tropical and temperate … activities do not necessarily have to be related to resource exploitation, for example by oil rigs, but could … or uses of marine living organisms, parts thereof or their genetic material. While some regard it as marine scientific …
The Land in Numbers
… be underestimated. The figures vividly illustrate that. For example, • 40% of all intrastate conflicts in the past 60 … lack access to safe water. 15 3 3 EXPLODING NEEDS IN A RESOURCE FINITE WORLD Productive land and soil are the basic … Since the beginning of the 20th century, about 75% of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops has been lost. 32 • …
Introduction to Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… of millions of people. Diverse marine organisms and their genetic resources could hold cures for many of the ailments that we face. Marine fishing is … that are toxic to them. Marine organisms that are used for food can become contaminated with substances such as mercury, …
Introduction to the International Legal Framework on Marine Pollution
… of millions of people. Diverse marine organisms and their genetic resources could hold cures for many of the ailments that we face. Marine fishing is … that are toxic to them. Marine organisms that are used for food can become contaminated with substances such as mercury, …
Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… First International Environment Forum for Basin Organizations Towards Sustainable Freshwater … to drafting a legal framework for governing the water resource, determining information relating to particular … Cartagena Protocol]. 219 Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of …
White Paper - Regional Seas Governance
… Geneva, Switzerland, 3-4 July 2014 Governance Paper For environmental and economic reasons, this document is … in particular, together and as a whole, marine genetic resources, including questions on the sharing of … fisheries) has responsibility for, inter alia, policies, resource allocation, cooperative agreements and related …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… Information Service United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Palais des Nations CH - 1211 Geneva 10, … (e.g. domestic heating and small industrial boilers); (e) Food industry; (f ) Iron and steel industry; (g) Handling and … reproduction or that may cause cancer, may cause heritable genetic damage, may cause cancer by inhalation, may impair …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… of the optimal and sustainable utilisation thereof for present and future generations’ (Preamble). The User’s … such as health, environment, education, agriculture, food, energy, fisheries and industrial water users. “I have … and multimedia module. The User’s Guide is thus a valuable resource that advances understanding of the Convention and …