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The Role of legal instruments to support Green low-emission and climate-resilient development - A guidebook on assessing, selecting and implementing legal instruments
… 1 Introduction 2 Chapter 1: Conducting a Legal Assessment Report 7 1.1 Adopt assessment criteria for existing legal … Facility, Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund may be sources of funding support … for the design of a National Climate Change Strategy and Special Program for Climate Change. However, despite this …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… the right to food.’ —Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food The International … co-published by Bioversity International and Earthscan. Special thanks are addressed to Isabel Lopez Noriega and to … that help users to find the material included and to report on their obligations. Furthermore, contracting parties …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates
… Pet Industries Joint Advisory Council. This report was prepared under contract to the Secretariat of the … as a major criterion for selecting species for special attention is thus not only irrelevant in terms of … and Papustyla pulchertlna) were added to this list under special circumstances where there was evidence of a problem …
Risks from Maritime Traffic to Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Identification of Issues and Possible Responses
… Sea Identifi cation of issues and possible responses This report was written by Lorenzo Schiano di Pepe and Christopher … other biodiversity and/or traffi c hotspots require special measures because of their high concentration of … from the coast. Coastal regions and shallow waters have special features, and the western and eastern portions of the …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… ANNEX 2: SAMPLE OUTLINE FOR NATIONAL SCREENING REPORT ...................................... 61 … smallholders, contracting parties are asked to give special consideration to the … on‐binding Principles and Guidance issued by UN Agencies or Special Rapporteurs related to human rights …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… projects, commonly referred to as sink projects, have special features compared with CDM projects in the energy or … of cer- tificates resulting from the CDM process. The report presented here analyses the crucial issues and serves … et al. (Eds). Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry: Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate …
Adapting to Climate Change - Guidance for Protected Areas Managers and Planners
… in protected areas a key part of the management of these special places. Following the World Parks Congress 2014 in … our sincere apology. Publication production. We owe a very special thanks to Dave Harmon, Executive Director of the … Adapting to Climate Change xi AR5 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CONANP Comisión …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… Knowledge Management.................... 16 1.3 Women’s Special Condition........................................ 22 … pass seed selection skills on to their daughters. Their special knowledge of the value and diverse uses of plants for … Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report, gender conti- nues to be “one of the world’s …
Aquaculture - site selection and site management
… for the implementation of the concept are given and special attention is paid to the limits between benefits and … Key aspects, concepts and terminology are explained and special attention is given to the sequence of the process … 1997; Pickering, 1998). The FAO, meanwhile, has prepared a report entitled ‘Aquaculture policy, administration and …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… the TEEB (The Economics of Ecosytems and Biodiversity) report in 2010 were milestones for highlighting the … forest services such as hunting concessions, export of special products, or ecosystem services. To understand the … has the right to dispose, as it chooses, of the trees, special products, and wildlife. Private ownership of forest …