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Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… the pressures on and, where neces- sary, enhancing the protection and restoration of those ecosystems providing … cultivated plants is maintained 3 Ex situ collections of plant genetic resources continue to improve, albeit with some … genetic diversity 3 The FAO Global Plans of Action for plant and animal genetic resources provide frameworks for the …
Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector
… global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species. Its main purpose is to catalogue … materials for natural fibre: Trees, seaweed Trees: Main plant types in use are trees from both natural and plantation … and oceans (but only 56% of KBAs globally have legal protection): see a global map here. N/A to farmed crops HIGH …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… fuel, construction material, clean water and air, and protection from natural hazards. Ecosystems, however, are … evidence that warming will alter the known patterns of plant, animal and human diseases (Harvell et al., 2002). … of soil treatment and five different mixtures of native plant species. Native plants were selected by local people …
Strengthening the implementation of Farmers' Right in Guatemala
… a study to identify how the rights of farmers over their plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge, also known … undertaken by GFAR to better reconcile farmers’ rights and plant breeders’ rights in the intellectual assets principles … and project results addressing food security and the protection of local crop varieties. 15 They emphasized …
Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
… Species of Wild Animals, Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and International Plant Protection Convention) and the chemicals-related …
Guidelines for Reintroductions and other Conservation Translocations (Version 1.0)
… of the focal species. This is carried out primarily where protection from current or likely future threats in current … for animal movement and those of the International Plant Protection Convention7 may facilitate importation permits. National requirements for plant and animal health before release should be met. The …
The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region
… A of the Convention is: • Products essential for civil protection and military uses; • Products for research, … already been progressively closed in the past, such as the plant of Solvay Indupa in Santo Andre, Brazil, which stopped … of the document herein, in 2012 the country had only one plant with mercury cells, whose conversion to mercury-free …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… gas emissions. Collected effluent is treated in a biogas plant. By breaking down the organic matter in the absence of … renovate and recommission its Orono, Maine, hydroelectric plant. Return of healthy fish stocks will have multiple … loadings due to future climatic change (SAP 2008). Protection of agricultural lands preserves or increases …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… lifs@craes.org.cn Tamas Komives, Research Professor Plant Protection Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary … losses in developing countries through pest and plant disease management and control. In the fourth meeting …