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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… of Bioprospecting: 183 A Comparative Analysis 4.1 Marine Organisms 185 4.2 Symbionts: Are they the true sources … agent 242 6.7.1 Halichondrin B from the New Zealand marine sponge, Lyssodendoryx species 242 Conclusions 243 … which NCI has collaborated in the collection of plants and marine organisms 251 Appendix C. Short-term (1 to 2 weeks) …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… biological diversity and its components in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, with a view to enhancing food secu- … on best practices. The CBD covers both terrestrial and marine biota, and Parties are explicitly required to … the Agreement for the Establishment of the Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (1948), the Constitution of the …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… of the features highlighted here correspond to the blue (marine) or white (industrial) biotechnological sectors, while … living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … as a duty on imports from non-ratified countries. 2. In marine zones, users will prefer to gather resources from …
Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments
… States. Article 23 - Protection and preservation of the marine environment Watercourse States shall, individually … watercourse that are necessary to protect and preserve the marine environment, including estuaries, taking into account … accidents. 3. This Convention is applicable to issues of fishery and inland navigation as far as problems of water …
Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… of a worldwide representative network of terrestrial and marine protected areas, as an integral contribution to the … was the first continent to host the establishment of a marine TBPA in 1996, when the governments of Malaysia and the … Islands Heritage Protected Area to secure the survival of marine turtles in the Sulu Sea.8 Nowadays, among other …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… minority or indigenous rights and the protection of marine living resources was also at stake in Apirana Mahuika … (24 April 1978); Article 13, West and Central African Marine Environment Convention (23 March 1981); Article 10, South-East Pacific Marine Environment Con- vention (20 November 1981); Article …
Reference Guide - European Union Wildlife Trade Regulations
… from another jurisdiction but also to introduction from marine waters outside any national jurisdiction (termed … was taken in, and is being introduced directly from, the marine environment not under the jurisdiction of any State, … Orcaella heinsohni sp. n. (Cetacea, Delphinidae). -- Marine Mammal Science, 21(3): 365-400. [for Orcaella …
Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD
… (a general disclosure requirement); • The draft Act on Marine Resources,96 which suggests that marine genetic resources should be the property of the state; … and concepts. A fifth international process, focused on marine genetic resources, is the deliberations of the UN …