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International ocean governance: Using international law and organisations to manage marine resources sustainably (revised)
… 40 II.D.4. Mariculture and Genetically-Modified Organisms (GMOs) … exercises exclusive control and the fluid medium allows living resources, pollution, and ships to move freely from … Distress and Safety System (IMO) GMO genetically modified organism GOOS Global Oceanic Observing System GPA Global …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… CCAMLR Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources CITES Convention on International Trade in … Fish Stocks FSC Forest Stewardship Council GMO Genetically Modified Organism HCV High Conservation Value IUCN IUCN – The World …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… are a key element of nature conservation in environments modified by human impacts. Accordingly, it is useful at this … to predators and com- petitors. Consequently, even though living in the same landscape, species with contrasting … closed circles represent remnant habitats from which the organism under study has been driven to local extinction and …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… and, since 1969, at Slimbridge, United Kingdom. It too has modified its name, to International Waterfowl and Wetlands … Only the relatively few people that had become adapted to living in wetlands had an appreciation of the varied and … hunting. However, agricultural crops could provide a rich living for adaptable birds. Man could also make positive …
Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
… determined characteristic that enhances the ability of an organism to cope with its environment (CBD). Adaptation Fund … - The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) - The Convention for the Regulation … movement, transit, handling and use of living modified organisms that may have an adverse effect on the …
Fact sheet - The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… Living in harmony with nature The Cartagena Protocol on … to ensure the safe transport, handling and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology … involves modifying the genetic material of an organism with the aim of developing or improving one or more …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… Meeting of the Parties. The first of these is genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In the case of deci- sion-making … definition of biological diversity: “the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, … ecosystem (a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… for releases for environmental flows and to be designed, modified and operated accordingly. Likewise, the Vision for … pristine condition. For more information, visit ‘The Living Murray’, Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council, … impact of covering open irrigation ditches upon those living alongside the canals requires mitiga- tion. For …