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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… the property. The trust company earns a fee for this service, but that benefit (to the trust company) was not a … able use situations, as a way of ensuring that any ecosystem harm caused by the ‘sustainable user’ will be … dominant (but generally unculturable) microbes play in the ecosystem, and establish and publish a freely shared, global …
Enlarging and connecting protected areas for the Ecological Corridor of Northeast Asia
… land- and seascape, and relevant sectors, by applying the ecosystem approach and taking into account ecological … by the Korean Ministry of Environment and Korean Forest Service, protecting transboundary areas between China and …
Convention on Biological Diversity
… and quarantine, water and waste management, use of ecosystem based approaches and the establishment of recovery … managed and harvested sustainably, legally and applying ecosystem based approaches, so that overfishing is avoided, … has been brought to levels that are not detrimental to ecosystem function and biodiversity. Target 9: By 2020, …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… NGOs and governments (e.g. Belgian Public Federal Service for the Environment). She is part of the Belgian … of a wider range of varieties and crops to ensure better ecosystem service provision. A good example would be the use … of wild relatives of crops of global importance within the ecosystem; • establishing a strong research programme in the …
What is Agrodiversity
… are necessary for sustaining key functions of the agro-ecosystem, including its structure and processes for, and in … provide sources of medicines and vitamins, and * Conserve ecosystem structure and stability of species diversity. (A da … Organization of the United Nations Gender and Development Service Sustainable Development Department Viale delle Terme …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… (species diversity) and the interrelationships of life (ecosystem diver- sity). In other words, the CBD is the … for the application of a process or for the rendering of a service”.114 Technology flows between a supplier and a … Resources for Food and Agriculture ISNAR – International Service for National Agricultural Research Addis Ababa, …
State of Biodiversity in Asia and the Pacific
… poses a direct challenge to the resilience of the regional ecosystem. The serious effects of these activities are … are also many examples of traditional, community-based ecosystem management systems that are enjoying increased … science- policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services and to boost global biodiversity …
Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands
… wetlands and human health interactions, emphasized that ecosystem services provided by wetlands form the basis of a … executive for this purpose is the national veterinary service. Since its inception FAO has been actively involved … In wild waterbirds, LPAI viruses are a natural part of the ecosystem. They have been isolated from over 90 species of …