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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… or negatively affect their religious practices or traditional way of life, implicate these economic, social, … by changes to the natural environment, including such traditional activities as fishing or hunting.23 The iCCPR … been kept in a vulnerable situation with regard to food, medicine, and sanitation that continues to threaten the …
Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General
… and principles of general public international law. The traditional sources of international law set out in article … requirements for the use of genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, the … crops bred to flourish in places no longer suitable for traditional plants. 198 The patenting of plants and plant …
Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment
… and principles of general public international law. The traditional sources of international law set out in article … requirements for the use of genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, the … crops bred to flourish in places no longer suitable for traditional plants. 198 The patenting of plants and plant …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… 7. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and Traditional Knowledge 63 Article 8 – Technical Assistance 65 … – Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture TK – Traditional Knowledge TRIPS Agreement – Agreement on … plant breeders: they are also particularly important for traditional small-scale farmers in maintaining the quality …
EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in South-Eastern Europe - Training guidelines for involving CSOs from SEE in the implementation of EU nature-related legislation
… contiguous structure (such as rivers with their banks, or traditional systems for marking field boundaries) or their … and outcomes that cannot be achieved through a more traditional, less inclusive approach. The choice of … structure (such as rivers with their banks or the traditional systems for marking field boundaries) or their …
Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis
… in catch composition following the depletion of more traditional stocks and the targeting of other less valuable … also provided several supporting measures for small-scale traditional fishermen such as technical assistance, fuel … of certain rules. Much like other professions, such as medicine, lawyers can offer a diagnosis of management …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… Strategy calls for conservation and use of indigenous or traditional plant varieties and domestic animal breeds, valuing traditional knowledge and practices in rural management … for small-scale producers and local products ➢ Loss of traditional know-how and aging farmers ➢ Insufficient …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… triumphant march through the advancement of the sciences, medicine, technology and sociology has provided humans with … illustrated by Kemp and Villareal (2013) who show that the traditional view that increased stratification reduces carbon … detectable from high to low latitudes, transcending the traditional North/South divide. 2.2.2 The ocean as a “climate …
Poverty, equity and rights in conservation : Technical papers and case studies
… socially responsible conservation programmes (restoring traditional knowledge, reinforcing natural resource rights, … Responsible Conservation ___________ 27 3.1 Valuing “traditional … policies, decrease in the mortality rate due to western medicine, restriction of areas devolved to local communities, …
Croatia and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… areas of natural, cultural and historical as well as traditional values of the coastal area and the adjacent area … to the NPA no commercial fishing is allowed, while traditional fishing was permitted in accordance with the more … and habitats, together with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. They are …