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Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… terrestrial environments 57 1.1 Convention on Biological Diversity 58 1.2 Climate Change Convention 60 1.3 Convention … connectivity of ecological processes, species habitat and genetic evolutionary process connectivity. The supportive … and decreasing the possibility of inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity. Proximity to other islands or the mainland …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Box 6–3 Gallery forests and the diversity of non-flying mammals in the Brazilian cerrado . . … random fluctuations in environmental, demographic and genetic processes, and may rapidly disappear (see Box 3–1). … of survival of the population may be greatly reduced. • Genetic stochasticity refers to random genetic processes that …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… an EMF Box 12: UN-REDD Programme Box 13: Why protect bio-diversity in the law? Box 14: Nigeria, the Electric Power … sciences, technology and ancestral knowledge along with genetic resources that contain biodiversity and … b) The conservation of biological diversity, access to genetic resources in Namibia, and the use of components of …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural … the umbrella term used to denote diversity within species (genetic diversity), between species and between ecosystems. … waste.26 Wetlands also provide an important reservoir of genetic material. Genetic resources derived from wetlands may …
The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity * 30 * Convention on the Prohibition of the … including common and scientific names, relevant traits and genetic modification, transgenic traits and characteristics … any living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… Community and Common Market CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CET Common External Tariff COMESA Common Market for … Tin Commission ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture LDC Least … The coming into force of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) will …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… other species, and along with this species and underlying genetic diversity, constitute the broader array of biodiversity. … ecosystems to support livelihoods such as food, fibre, genetic resources, medicines, fresh water; - regulating …
WTO Panel Report on the "EC-Biotech" Case: Considerations for Trade and Development"
… the sector, and their perception of the linkages between genetic modification and ethical issues. As a result, … with a 60-fold increase between 1996 and 2006; this makes genetic engineering the fastest adopted crop technology in … instruments such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety …
Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity
… The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity 413 Saint Jacques Street, Suite 800, Montreal, … sharing of bene" ts arising from the utilisation of genetic resources.. As we are only one year away from 2010, … and equitable sharing of the benefi ts from the use of genetic resources for the benefi t of present and future …
Perspectives and guidelines on food legislation, with a new model food law
… Caribbean and Pacific States CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CCP Codex Contact Point CESCR Committee on … in biotechnology have permitted the artificial transfer of genetic material from one organism to another, including … health, agriculture or the environment. Advances through genetic modification of food may be able to improve the …