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Tools for measuring, modelling, and valuing ecosystem services : Guidance for Key Biodiversity Areas, natural World Heritage sites, and protected areas

… with the conservation objectives of the site, however. Trade-offs between the ongoing provision of ES and … for monitoring sites Reveal synergies and possible trade-offs between ES and/or ES and conservation objectives … land or water use scenario. It can also help elucidate trade-offs and synergies between alternative resource use …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… Agreement TK traditional knowledge TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights UNCED … WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development WTO World Trade Organization xvii Structure and Purpose of this Guide … World Trade Organization Established in 1995, the World Trade
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Main Provisions of the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade Book: Book - Unit 2 - Main Provisions of the Rotterdam … to or not. Import decisions taken by Parties must be trade neutral. This means that if the Party decides not to … that may be involved in the regulation, production and trade of chemicals in the country, e.g. government …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015

… CSharan BurrowGeneral Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation, and President, Sustainlabour … ignore it. For the remaining five years, the International Trade Union Confederation will remind them of this commitment … ic ki ns on /R ob er t H ar di ng P ic tu re L ib ra ry 13 Trade unions are not afraid that progress on regulation will …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… • CBD - Biosafety, ABS; • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Convention on Migratory … of genetic resources. • Regulating migratory species, and trade in endangered species; ensuring conservation and … this and effect it, as well as to monitor the situation of trade in endangered species. • Amendments on new rules on …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… status and because of concern that it may be misused for trade- protectionist purposes Probably the most widely … the public interest and without distorting international trade and investment.” Principle 16 on internalisation of … scarce resources and to avoid distortions in international trade and investment. It was meant to apply within a state, …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… Most countries in the world are members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and are thus obliged to implement the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS … food security, culture, religion, identity, environment, trade and development. The Traditional Knowledge Digital …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values

… both in terms of local consumption and the regional barter trade. This trade has important nutritional, as well as economic value, … at lower altitudes that are nearer the Amazon. Vertical trade of this kind has been an integral part of the economy …
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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and overseas environmental crimes: How did we get here and what happens next?

… in part to help counter the world's illegal logging trade by making it a crime to knowingly import wood … to pay attention. As mentioned previously, harvesting and trade in wood and wood products and highly sought-after …
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Land Degradation Neutrality: implications and opportunities for conservation - Nature based solutions to desertification, land degradation and drought

… all levels, to optimize synergies, and to avoid unwanted trade-offs. Emphasis must be placed on stronger governance of … rather than at individual ecosystem level, could encourage trade- offs between similar and dissimilar ecosystems, or … ensure sustainability at all levels and to avoid unwanted trade-offs. 2. Natural resource governance should be …
18 Jun 2026 Literature