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Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures
… IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation / IUCN Global Marine Programme Maritime traffic effects on biodiversity in … of years of human development, settlement, commerce and resource exploitation. Currently, there are 601 cities with a … Urban-Ramirez, J. and Palsbøll, P.J. (1998). ‘Population genetic structure of North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, and …
UNEP. The first 40 years
… with a doctored birth-certificate enlisted in the merchant marine, signing on with a ship under contract to the US Army … the world community initiate a global programme to ensure genetic resources for future generations; • create an … had, after all, “custody” of that extraordinary global resource, the Amazon basin. One of the first things I did, …
Additional Reading - Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets
… of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity By 2020, at least 17 per cent of … and inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for … the consolidated and agreed process in the Strategy for Resource Mobilization should increase substantially from the …
Biodiversity for (Bio)technology under the Convention on Biological Diversity: bioprospecting partnership in practice
… of value and the discovery of new intelligent uses for genetic resources. As a private, of public interest and … products and to increase the capacity of the human resource in the fields of the ecology, the taxonomy and the … resources in public or private lands, terrestrial or marine environments, under ex situ or in situ conditions and …
Document - ABS information kit
… ABS Introduction to access and benefit-sharing What are genetic resources? All living organisms; plants, animals and … all sources including among other things, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … research steps between gaining access to the genetic resource and the development of the final commercial product. …
Manual for the National Focal Points for CMS and its Instruments
… ANNEX 4.2 CMS COP Resolution 10.4 (Bergen, 2011), Marine Debris … Network, and UNEP Regional Office for Africa), and other resource persons and organizations. The development of the … value of wild animals from environmental, ecological, genetic, scientific, aesthetic, recreational, cultural, …
Manual for the national focal points for CMS and its instruments
… ANNEX 4.2 CMS COP Resolution 10.4 (Bergen, 2011), Marine Debris … Network, and UNEP Regional Office for Africa), and other resource persons and organizations. The development of the … value of wild animals from environmental, ecological, genetic, scientific, aesthetic, recreational, cultural, …
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
… the development progress made in recent decades. Natural resource depletion and adverse impacts of environmental … Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Goal 15. … improve land and soil quality 2.5 By 2020, maintain the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants and farmed and …
International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis
… of these interactions or interfaces include freshwater and marine, freshwater and species, freshwater and forests, and … system shall main- tain a proper balance between resource development for a higher standard of living for … species that threaten ecosystems, habitats or species and genetic resources; and n prevent the deliberate or accidental …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… law has paid relatively little attention to this resource. Groundwater represents about ninety-seven percent … States. Article 23 - Protection and preservation of the marine environment Watercourse States shall, individually … ecological processes and life-support systems, to preserve genetic diversity, and to ensure the sustainable utilization …