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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… virtually all countries the rules gov- erning ownership of land and permanently constructed improvements are very … are governed by each country’s existing ‘real property’ (land and buildings) law. Neither claim is generally supported … to have focused on the latter view, assuming that national land law would be the basis for ownership of genetic …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and brought together scientific, economic, and … rights regarding access to biological resources on private land or to create specific rights over the genetic resources … knowledge or any other intended activity on their land occurs according to their customary laws. Overall, BCPs …
Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual
… back ‘upstream’ and finds an anthropocentric reason – land use, pollution, abstraction, livestock, introduced … systems � Dams � Water management changes � Habitat loss/degradation � Pollution � Highly pathogenic avian influenza, … of infection between livestock, people and wildlife. Local land use changes are also expected to exert temperature and …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… only 20% specifically recognize customary law that governs land and natural resources. Some countries that do not … of traditional chiefs is held to a strict obligation of neutrality and reserve. It is protected against all abuse of … will also defend them against demographic decline, the degradation of their habitat, environmental contamination, …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… grow within NOx emission inventories as emissions from land-based sources are reduced progressively. 52 UPDATED … This is a 157,000-km2 area consisting of a strip of land 1,100 km long and averaging 140 km in width stretching … organic solvents in pesticide formulations; (c) Anaerobic degradation of animal feeds and wastes. 68. VOC emissions are …
Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
… if any, with stratospheric influences, and their degradation products, the identification of such substances, … the selection of Mr. David Okioga (Kenya) and Mr. Tom Land (United States of America) as Co-Chairs of the … in decision XVII/46 to endorse the selection of Mr. Tom Land (United States of America) and Mr. Nadzri Yahaya …