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Modern water rights : Theory and practice
… to competing users, and for the protection of the resource from depletion and from pollution - is underpinned … Agreement AMS Aggregate Measurement of Support AnGR Animal Genetic Resources AoA Agreement on Agriculture (WTO) BSE … on International Agricultural Research CGRFA Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture COP Conference of …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… 94 3.1.6 Wildlife conservation laws 94 3.1.7 Sustainable resource use laws 96 3.1.8 Specific ecosystem or habitat-type … 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 …
Report of the ad hoc technical expert group on risk assessment and risk management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… modified organisms introduced in centres of origin and genetic diversity; (b) Risk assessment of living modified … Japan 9. Mr. Nobuyuki Fujita Biological Resource Centre National Institute of Technology and … modified organisms introduced in centres of origin and genetic diversity; (b) Risk assessment of living modified …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement among resource patches’ (Taylor et al. 1993). It is critical to … 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 …
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 … 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 …
Aspects of Trans-boundary Snow Leopard Conservation in Central Asia
… oblasts, 2012- 2013. Implemented by the Institute of Genetic Resources of Plants and Animals of the Academy of … Academy of Sciences) Uzbekistan Elena Bykova (Institute of Genetic Resources and Animal Husbandry) Alexander Esipov … Director, Chatkal State Nature Reserve, and Institute of Genetic Resources and Animal Husbandry) Other Jarkyn …
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 … other species, and along with this species and underlying genetic diversity, constitute the broader array of … ecosystems to support livelihoods such as food, fibre, genetic resources, medicines, fresh water; - regulating …
Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions
… elitist/exclusive method of managing this information resource.2” From the moment that information could be stored … fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources. The 6th Conference of the Parties (COP) of … not suggesting that controls on countries’ ownership of genetic material are relaxed but that information likely to …
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 … ecological processes and life-support systems, to preserve genetic diversity, and to ensure the sustainable utilization … of species and ecosystems [Omitted: Article 3 - Species - Genetic diversity, Article 4 - Species - Sustainable use, …
Plant protection legislation
… even more important. In addition, crop intensification and genetic manipulation have increased plant vulnerability to … in the trade of reproduction, multiplication or genetic improvement material; to restrict or subject to the … VIII. 69/ Ibid., Art. 29. 70/ Ibid., Art. 30. - 114 - The genetic material of pest-infested or diseased plants and …