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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… largely uncompensated role played by farmers and local and indigenous communities in the conservation and sustainable … able to: 1. Recall role played by farmers and local and indigenous communities in the conservation and sustainable … and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… management; cultural property; involuntary resettlement; indigenous peoples; safety of dams; disputed areas; and international … fishing and forest organizations, agrarian communities, indigenous peoples, educational institutions, social …
Guidelines for Reintroductions and other Conservation Translocations (Version 1.0)
… of (i) reinforcement and reintroduction within a species’ indigenous range, and (ii) conservation introductions, … assisted colonisation and ecological replacement, outside indigenous range. Translocation is an effective conservation … not proceed. Translocations of organisms outside of their indigenous range are considered to be especially high risk …
European charter on hunting and biodiversity
… . . . . 18 3.4 Principle 4 – Maintain wild populations of indigenous species with adaptive gene pools . . . . . . . . . … and administrative measures for the conservation of the indigenous species of fauna and flora and their habitats. The … Understand and recognise the biological role and impact of indigenous predators on game species and take this into …
International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… building capacity of stakeholders, in particular local or indigenous com - munities, in providing, and benefiting from, … policy formation and decision- making, including that of indigenous peoples; access to justice; access to information; due …
Biodiversity for (Bio)technology under the Convention on Biological Diversity: bioprospecting partnership in practice
… domain, independently that they are in private lands, in indigenous territories or the property rights on the … resources that possess the owners. In the cases of indigenous territories, public or private owners of the lands … knowledge resulting of traditional practices of indigenous peoples and local communities, when they are non profit; and …
Restoring Forest Landscapes - An introduction to the art and science of forest landscape restoration
… with key informants, particularly local people Local (indigenous) knowledge of history, harvesting practices, … originally considered. In many parts of the world indigenous species develop as an understorey in monoculture … productivity. Ensuring that the trees planted are local indigenous species will maximize the conservation benefits. …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… the intellectual property associated with local and Indigenous knowledge about biodiversity, although mechanisms … forms of relevant information, including scientific and Indigenous and local knowledge, innovations and practices, … legitimate stakeholders, especially local and Indigenous peoples, who might be dependent on access to or the use of …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… and on Lands and Waters Traditionally Occupied or used by Indigenous and Local Communities (decision VII/16 F, annex) … and information sharing between experts and local / indigenous groups. 3.1 What is biodiversity? The Convention … system. For example, the introduction of the predatory non-indigenous Nile perch in lake Victoria has upset the entire …