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Mitigating the impacts of oil palm expansion and operations on biodiversity
… ALSO RECOGNISING the role of the industry in economic development; AWARE that demand is expected to continue, and … Targets, and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); and AWARE that many of …
Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions
… Committee, alternatives to bring wildlife trade back to sustainable levels. CITES (3): Review of Significant Trade … a) subject-matter CBD Art. 1: objectives: conservation, sustainable use & fair and equitable benefit-sharing CBD Art. … best practices” to consider in 2012 the possible development of additional mechanisms to facilitate compliance …
Supporting implementation of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and the African Agenda 2063
… Summit that called for "the conservation, utilization and development of natural resources, particularly soil, water, … principles" and sought to integrate conservation and sustainable land and environmental management strategies into … and peaceful Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development, which requires, among others, …
Take greater account of the ocean in the climate regime
… importance of taking the oceans into account during the development and implementation of climate change adaptation … Consequences’; and ACKNOWLEDGING that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognises the need to conserve and … sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development; The World Conservation Congress, at …
UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics
… partnership is promoting a joint approach to sustainable marine management and its aim is to enhance … and Resolution A/60/L. 31 (2005) and A/63/L.43 (2008) on sustainable fisheries. With the mandate provided by the June … a study on the issue and is further supporting the development of country action plans on marine litter. More …
Commodities at a Glance - Special issue on Shale Gas
… issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. UNCTAD/SUC/2017/10 eISBN: 978-92-1-363266-6 … is among the top issues on the international agenda for sustainable development and is expected to remain as such in … true in the light of the recently adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular Sustainable …
Gender Action Plan of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BRS-GAP) for 2014-2015
… rights issue and as a precondition for, and indicator of, sustainable people-centered development.” (source: … the Basel Convention will contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, notably internationally agreed …
The Law of the Sea
… of the sea. The work of the Commission led to the gradual development of a number of conventions that addressed, inter … environmental community. In addition to the notion of sustainable development, there are the precautionary … Organic Pollutants of 2001. http://leo.informea.org/terms/sustainable-development …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) concerning the legal status of any country, … collect germplasm in the framework of providing access are sustainable and leave no negative effects on the environment, … to the conservation of biological diversity and the sustainable use of its components [italics mine] (Para. 12). …
The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study
… are, therefore, vitally important for agricultural development and for the conservation of the requisite natural … to those intended. Economic incentives for agricultural development have sometimes resulted in short-term … Fischer C, "Introduction to the Conference Theme Towards a Sustainable Agriculture", in Vers une agriculture viable, …