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Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… tourism. However, this heritage had been put at serious risk from unsustainable development pressures linked to the … feed on the flowers, this represents a seri- ous reduction in resources. The tiny sub-populations of the … climbers and their families. In the event that a natural disaster claims a human life on the mountains, it is common …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… Liability discussion 162 3.3. Aligning ‘contractual risk’ with ‘actual risk’ 165 3.4. A few final observations … The Treaty specifically states that In emergency disaster situations, the Contracting Par- ties agree to … agreement regarding that invention shall include] a reduction in the royalties payable, acceptable to COMPANY and …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… Animal breeds are also being lost, and around 20% are at risk of extinction. 190 of some 7,600 breeds in the FAO … effects of globalization, has led to a substantial reduction in the genetic diversity of domesticated plants and … translated in western scientific lan- guage, an ecological disaster at a global level. The symbolic inter-dependence …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… to Articles 15–16 and Annex III 105 Article 15 Risk assessment 107 Box 29. Examples of the types of scientific expertise and information for undertaking risk assessments relating to LMOs 109 Box 30. Categorization … example in fuel and plastic pro- duction, could lead to a reduction in the use of chemicals. 39. However, a number of …
An explanatory guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… to Articles 15–16 and Annex III 105 Article 15 Risk assessment 107 Box 29. Examples of the types of scientific expertise and information for undertaking risk assessments relating to LMOs 109 Box 30. Categorization … example in fuel and plastic pro- duction, could lead to a reduction in the use of chemicals. 39. However, a number of …
Handbook for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
… of alternative technologies relating to the control and reduction of emissions of substances that deplete the ozone … that such limited information reported by parties puts at risk the current exclusion of process agent uses of … Protocol Noting with concern that there is a serious risk that, for some parties operating under paragraph 1 of …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… and transnational crime networks, and increases the risk of transmitting emerging infectious diseases, such as … preventing any devastation from man made and from nature disaster. To prohibit individuals, local organizations and … supplying production through the policy of exemption or reduction of taxes and duties including the permission of …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… guardians, children, step and adopted children; (ix) ‘disaster’ includes famine, flood, cyclone, fire, earthquake, … of cooperatives for improving economic returns and reduction of interstitial poverty; (f) mobilize the community … passing by or living or working in Neighbourhood, or risk or injury to property. 4. Overcharging or illegally …
Speaking a common language: The uses and performance of the IUCN system of management categories for protected areas
… made in good faith. – Do conservation organisations risk loss of protected areas altogether if they persist in … renewable energy sources are unlikely to result in a major reduction of demand for fossil hydrocarbons for many years, … This resulted in the Danida-funded (Danish Environment and Disaster Relief Fund) WWF project ‘Strengthening Protected …