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Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use

… 62 5.2.3 Poorly-adapted Legal Regimes for Land Tenure and Resource Use 64 5.2.4 Jurisdictional and Institutional … • mangroves and other tidal forests. These very productive plant communities adapted to living in dynamic estuarine and … the umbrella term used to denote diversity within species (genetic diversity), between species and between ecosystems. …
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EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation

… reduce or remove the potential for them to achieve genetic exchange, and prevent them from responding to the … depending on their respective ecological value and natural-resource potential (Bennett, 2004). These functions are … to climate change, the removal or absence of animal and plant ‘highways’ becomes a major issue. Ecological networks …
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Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity

… sharing of bene" ts arising from the utilisation of genetic resources.. As we are only one year away from 2010, … become invasive, their negative impacts on food security, plant, animal and human health and economic development can … depending on the life-history of the insect species and resource/niche availability, complex and diverse e$ ects of …
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Invasive Alien Species - a growing threat in Regional Seas

… commercial fishing and spoil recreational diving sites. Genetic studies have confirmed that the Mediterranean … fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources. Article 8(h) of the Convention states that …
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International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… reflect the professional backgrounds of the lecturers, resource persons and participants (some of whom are already … are seen in the 2010 Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of … innocently ask the customs officer whether and how this plant, purchased in Swit- zerland, should be declared for …
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Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security

… ecosystems are largely intact and functioning, and that resource use, or demand for ecosystem services, does not … ecosystems are comprised of interacting and often diverse plant, animal and other species, and along with this species and underlying genetic diversity, constitute the broader array of …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… It highlights the innovative provisions which promote resource efficiency and sustainable consumption and … sciences, technology and ancestral knowledge along with genetic resources that contain biodiversity and … generated from hydropower, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and mine gas, biomass, geothermal energy, wind …
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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… Their survival requires the existence of wild animal and plant species to hunt and gather for food and medicines, … Ÿ food, fiber, timber, fuel production Ÿ water supply Ÿ genetic diversity Regulating Services Ÿ diseases, pests, … with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. They are generally large, with …
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Guide explicatif du Traité International sur les Ressources Phytogénétiques pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture

… Engels, J. et Frison, E. 1994. A multilateral system for plant genetic resources: imperatives, achievements et challenges. … Conservation, Utilization and Sharing of Benefits of Plant Genetic Resources, in Intellectual Property Rights III …
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Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan

… 2. RANGELAND RESOURCE BASE IN … rangeland ecosystems depend on herbivores to maintain plant communities and to avoid development of scrubland and … in Figure 7 above: higher biodiversity, conservation of genetic resources, higher soil carbon sequestration due to …
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