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Enhancing regulatory tools to support sustainable and legal trade in timber and non-timber plant products
… improve the status of wild-harvested NTFPs in trade. lower-risk species, usually without legal protection, the would … Carbon, Black Trade: tropical forests. A Rapid Response Assessment. United Nations Environment Programme, GRID- … Switzerland: FairWild Foundation. Forest Resource Assessment 2010. Main report. FAO Forestry Paper 163. 2010: …
Guidelines for applying protected area management categories
… 77 Assessment of management and the IUCN categories … to be restored to such a state, with relatively low risk of successful invasions by non-native species. Role in … Leaving a protected area completely alone may be a high risk option in the face of rapid environmental change. …
Report - Alternatives to fenthion for quelea bird control
… are efficient means of catching flying birds but run the risk of catching non- target birds too, which may be killed … organophosphate avicide. Less toxic than fenthion. High risk of environmental impacts. Killing action takes longer … 30 30 Bruggers, R. L. (1989) Assessment of bird-repellent chemicals in Africa. In: …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… almost disappeared from the area and monitored closely for assessment. Varieties are then chosen to match the needs of … Although beneficial for animal fodder, these run the risk of being knocked over by winds. Through a participatory …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… and Timber Trafficking in the ASEAN Region: A Rapid Assessment”1. In April 2015, Freeland presented a joint … and transnational crime networks, and increases the risk of transmitting emerging infectious diseases, such as … Task Force (FATF) 40+9 Recommendations, 20127 • High-risk and non-cooperative Jurisdictions8 • Improving Global …
Technology Transfer and Cooperation under the Convention on Biological Diversity
… without claim of comprehensiveness: (1) Inadequate assessment of technology needs and related capacity needs to … the challenges of enhancing skills related to technology assessment, development, incubation and use. State Of … biodiversity strategy and action plan. 1.2: Impact and risk assessments are conducted, as appropriate, with the …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… “Towards Redesign- ing the Plant Commons: A Critical Assessment of the Multilateral System of Access and … ethical implications. Problems in these fields can put at risk the future of humanity. International cooperation in … diversity within production systems as a mean of reducing risk, particularly in light of the predicted effects of …
Accountability through Civic Participation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
… Nevertheless, too much insistence on an outcome- oriented assessment may risk transforming sustainable development from a suitably … account, and the report back systems…on how the final self-assessment report was drafted” is seen as a weakness in the …
The Futures of Privately Protected Areas
… ineffective incentive structures have created the risk of ‘temporary’ PPAs being created and have sometimes … with high levels of species diversity and also species at risk USA No formal PPA definition and no comprehensive … but there is clearly a need to develop the type of assessment and data-collecting projects currently ongoing in …
Guidelines on compliance with and enforcement of multilateral environmental agreements
… negotiations, the following actions may be considered: (a) Assessment of whether the issue to be addressed is global, … Transparency and a participatory, open-ended process. 3. Assessment of domestic capabilities during negotiations 12. … enforcement priorities that may be based on harm caused or risk of harm to the environment, type or severity of …