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Factsheet - Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices

… resources are found. Many of them have cultivated and used biodiversity in a sustainable way for thousands of years. … of their practices have been proven to enhance and promote biodiversity at the local level and aid in maintaining … communities to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity goes far beyond their role as natural resource …
18 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Recognising, understanding and enhancing the role of indigenous peoples and local communities in tackling the illegal wildlife trade crisis

… and local communities in the conservation of wildlife and biodiversity and that their needs, concerns, and priorities … and STRESSING Strategic Goal D and Target 18 of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets under the Convention on Biological … promoting conservation and sustainable utilisation of biodiversity resources; d. support the collection of evidence …
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Recognising and respecting the territories and areas conserved by indigenous peoples and local communities (ICCAs) overlapped by protected areas

… 8(j) and 10(c) of the Convention, meeting the Aichi Biodiversity Targets 2011-2020, and advancing the Programme … the Plan of Action on Customary and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, and the 2014 Chennai Guidance for the Integration of Biodiversity and Poverty Eradication, among other relevant …
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Landscape conservation law. Present trends and perspectives in international and comparative law.

… that such areas are essential for the conservation of biodiversity and, indeed, for human wellbeing and development. Long before words like biodiversity and sustainable development were known, the … the man in the street, or the woman in the field, than is "biodiversity". Landscapes, whether distinguished or degraded …
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Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles

… other aims in areas such as freshwater conservation, biodiversity and land degradation in order to better achieve … and forestry activities contributes to the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable use of natural resources.” The … including the one quoted above. Pertinent forestry or biodiversity laws and elements under biodiversity-related …
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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… have been the custodians and innovators of agricultural biodiversity. Through careful selection of their best seeds … and negotiated in the light of the decisions on access to biodiversity and funding mechanisms of the 1992 UN Conference … It covered domesticated, as well as undomesticated biodiversity, and entered into force on 29 December 1993. The …
18 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments

… (2) studying technical issues raised by the disclosure of biodiversity-related information in patent applications; (3) … that technology has acquired to protect it. Over time, the biodiversity regime’s approach to intellectual property … treaties to which they may be parties, such as the biodiversity goals of the CBD or the access requirements of …
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Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks

… that despite their importance to human well-be- ing and biodiversity, the world’s freshwater ecosystems as well as … shown, despite their importance to human well-being and biodiversity the world’s freshwater ecosystems and the … sectors (agriculture, water supply, carbon sequestration, biodiversity conservation, etc.) and in relation to more and …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… economic development. Many aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity depend on groundwater. Failure to manage … change. Sustainable groundwater management supports biodiversity conservation Changes to groundwater levels or … or quality of groundwater discharge is a driver of biodiversity loss in groundwater-dependent ecosystems, …
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Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance

… c) the capacity to act as a reservoir of regional/global biodiversity; d) the capacity to act as a carbon store; e) … marshes). 24. Wet grasslands support specific biodiversity, comprising rare and threatened plant and animal … and represent a significant contribution to global biodiversity. There are 4,000 known species of reef fish, and …
18 May 2026 Document