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Manual of Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… 240 Review of Effectiveness of Mechanisms for Resource and Technology Transfer … Compliance Building under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Background Study …
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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… UK. Sandra C. Straub, UWA Oceans Institute and School of Plant Biology (M470), University of Western Australia, … in the past has seemed like an almost limitless natural resource, including as a source of food. This is far from the … their diversity and functional potential, both in terms of genetic and metabolic properties (Rower and Thurber, 2009). …
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The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… transmitted (including technical description of disposal plant) to the exporter or generator from the disposer of the … including common and scientific names, relevant traits and genetic modification, transgenic traits and characteristics … Facility’s Biosafety Clearing-House Project, this resource includes five modules: � “Introduction to the …
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Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices

… Protected Area Guidelines are the world’s authoritative resource for protected area managers. Involving collaboration … equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. With 193 Parties, the Convention has near … based on a spiritual obligation to give back to animal and plant relations that sustain humans or suffer the …
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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… armed conflict, patterns of international trade and resource utilization . Part VII contains and develops the … biological diversity, including species diversity, genetic diversity within species, and ecosystem diversity, … drinking water supply, in particular caused by nitrates, plant protection agents and pesticides as well as other …
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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 … reduced visibility, impaired photosynthesis, reduced plant growth, toxicity build-up in food chain Breathing … of waste to at source also has the potential to promote resource and materials management as part of the …
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Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners

… Protected Area Guidelines are the world’s authoritative resource for protected area managers. Involving collaboration … equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. With 193 Parties, the Convention has near … of marine environments. In response to these changes, some plant and animal ranges are shifting and the timing of …
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The Use of Marine Organisms in Traditional and Allopathic Medicine

… practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant, animal and/or mineral-based medicines, spiritual … may significantly reduce local populations, decrease genetic diversity and cause genetic drift (Benkendorff, … Johannes, R. E. (1998). The case for data-less marine resource management, examples from tropical nearshore …
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Business and ecosystems : Ecosystem challenges and business implications

… pharmaceutical industry benefits from nature’s providing genetic resources; agribusiness depends on nature’s … � Government-imposed water restrictions or rationing; � Plant closures in areas where costs become prohibitive or … for habitat restoration include enhancing the efficacy of resource use and management, preventing pollution, and …
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Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation

… the role that linkages might play in the conservation of plant species and communities. Why has there been such … which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement among resource patches’ (Taylor et al. 1993). It is critical to … random fluctuations in environmental, demographic and genetic processes, and may rapidly disappear (see Box 3–1). …
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