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A window of opportunity for the Mekong Basin: the UN Watercourses convention as a basis for cooperation - A legal Analysis o fhow the UN Watercourses Convention complements the Mekong Agreement
… technical and administrative) by a state to reach a legal standard of care recognized in order to reasonably avoid … states sharing the watercourse. It then outlines the environmental provisions by laying out the unqualified … for realizing this balance of sustainable development: environmental protection (Article 3); equitable and …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Protecting food security and the environment while facilitating trade
… and vegetable species. © Pia Scanlon IPPC contributing to environmental protection – Water hyacinth is an invasive … and livelihoods through the destruction of staple foods, environmental degradation during pest invasions, impacts on … or a foreign houseplant from your local nursery, an IPPC standard had something to do with it; usually as a result of …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… Access and Benefi t-sharing, with a special focus on the Standard Material Transfer Agreement used in germplasm … crop is uniformly susceptible to a given pest, pathogen or environmental hazard. Genetic uniformity creates a potential … increased population, poverty, land degradation and environmental change (including climate change).19 17 FAO …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… acknowledges the work of Lyle Glowka, then of the Environmental Law Centre (IUCN - International Union for … of Nature), and Clare Shine, Barrister and Consultant in Environmental Law, in preparing both the Guidelines for … 1971), the Ramsar Secretariat commissioned the IUCN’s Environmental Law Centre to prepare Guidelines and a …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 83 A n E xplanatory G … the N agoya P rotocol on A ccess and B enefit-sharing IUCN Environmental Law Programme Environmental Law Centre … on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice SMTA Standard Material Transfer Agreement TK traditional knowledge …
ITTO/IUCN guidelines for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in tropical timber production forests
… genetically modified organisms will lead to unanticipated environmental hazards – such as the aggressive invasion of … United Nations FSC Forest Stewardship Council GEF Global Environmental Facility ITTO International Tropical Timber … independent third party against a pre- determined standard designed to ensure that operations are …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government … we seek to advance the use of conservation finance and environmental markets in ways that address major … on applying the 2008 IUCN Guidelines 43 13. The WDPA data standard for Protected Areas information 44 14. A case study …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… (NMA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have also been … as mineral exploitation and environmental protection. Generally, these … reveal that the mining company departs from this standard in two material respects. First, the company …
Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… of Access and Benefit-sharing, with a special focus on the Standard Material Transfer Agreement used in exchanges of … as agricultural inputs increases in both financial and environmental terms. This suggests that the role of crop … will therefore have to aim at improving economic and environmental sustainability by developing crop varieties …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… IUCN Environmental Law Centre Wetlands, Water and the Law Using … and wise use Clare Shine and Cyrille de Klemm IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 38 IUCN The World … no established criteria, definitions or techniques for the standard measurement of wetlands. When does a wetland start …