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Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya
… IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by … endemism of marine species and habitats. In relation to human occupation of the Mediterranean coasts over thousands … species and habitats are increasingly under threat from human activities, and in particular at the present time from …
Gender Action Plan of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BRS-GAP) for 2016-2017
… women and men (gender equality) refers to the equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of women and men … as women. Equality between women and men is seen both as a human rights issue and as a precondition for, and indicator … Global Monitoring Plan included bio monitoring of human milk for persistent organic pollutants: …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… of the Convention on Biological Diversity 2012. All Rights Reserved. Front cover photographs: Left – Photograph: … on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) under the World Trade Organization in the mid … this mismatch without compromising ABS principles, human rights, scientifi c advancement and economic …
The Social Dimension of Ecosystem-based Adaptation
… portions of the global economy. Beyond this, an increasing human population (estimates indicate the potential for ca. 9 … short, “the green economy is one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly … incorporating enough flexibility to reassign land rights to accommodate potential land use change which may …
The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security
… in any way. All requests for translation and adaptation rights and for resale and other commercial use rights should … billions of dollars in lost agricultural production. The human food chain is under continuous threat from an alarming … impacts of natural disasters – in terms of loss of human lives and destruction of critical infrastructure – …
Guidelines for Reintroductions and other Conservation Translocations (Version 1.0)
… source and destination areas; there are also risks around human concerns. Any proposed translocation should have a … impacts. Any translocation will impact and be impacted by human interests. Social, economic and political factors must … • Religious • Biological control • Animal rights liberation • Aesthetic • Other Is the release within …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… global priorities of eliminating poverty, improving human health and providing energy, food and clean water for … for sustainable development, and the foundation for human well-being. Four years later, as we approach the … transfer of relevant technologies, taking into account all rights over those resources and to technologies, and by …
Environmental education and how to naturalise the spaces in educational centres for healthy development and a better childhood connection with nature
… know what we are trying to conserve, bearing in mind that human beings are highly dependent on and are an integral part … the deprivation of, or overlap with, other professional rights or duties, as a result of incompatibility or …
Mapping the linkages between oceans and other Sustainable Development Goals: A preliminary exploration
… structures, including through redistribution of access rights, wealth and jobs. For the same reasons, the linkages … degradation, climate change impacts and natural and human-induced disasters (UNEP, 2012a). Small-scale fish … and contributes to food security (SDG 2) and improving human health and well-being (SDG 3). It also contributes to …
Ratification and Implementation Guidelines
… this Convention, and to the resulting im- provements in human health and environment protec- tion we are ultimately … releas- es of mercury to the environment, and human and wild- life exposure to mercury. This Minamata … “nothing in this Convention is intended to af- fect the rights and obligations of any Party deriving from any …