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Aloha+ Challenge Model for Sustainable Development
… with urgent issues, such as climate change, urban growth, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and poverty, which require … population of up to one million people through sustainable management practices; ALSO NOTING that the State of Hawai'i … clean energy, local food production, natural resource management, solid waste reduction, smart sustainable …
The right to food within the international framework of human rights and country constitutions
… the most efficient development and utilization of natural resources; (b) Taking into account the problems of both … They must be allocated the maximum amount of available resources, and it must be ensured that resources that can be … to food and other human rights such as: • the right to water, as this is part of food intake and is necessary to …
Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Protecting food security and the environment while facilitating trade
… can use to assess and deal with pest risks to their plant resources, as well as the science-based phytosanitary … Scanlon IPPC contributing to environmental protection – Water hyacinth is an invasive alien species that can grow so …
The Implementation cycle I - Preparatory phase
… legislation in place (e.g. on nature conservation, water protection, environmental planning) provides an … literature reviews and the results of case studies on management practices, stakeholder workshops, best practice … correspondence of the core working group depending on the resources available. These communication tools will serve to …
Case Study - Opportunities provided by the Nagoya Protocol in specific cases of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agricultural sector
… must cover possible changes of ownership over genetic resources, derivatives, information and IPR through … approaches towards the valorisation of national genetic resources and a lack of policy and legislative activities on … and under unsta- ble weather conditions, grows on water-logged soils, is used in South Africa for erosion …
Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
… on secure and equitable access to and control over these resources. They are the source of food and shelter; the basis … and forests is inextricably linked with access to and management of other natural resources, such as water and mineral resources. While recognizing the existence …
Note 5: Evaluating the risk to Ramsar Sites from climate change induced sea level rise
… and biodiversity loss (e.g., Wetzel et al. 2012). Time and resources did not permit this level of analysis globally, so … in spatial analyses that can contribute to inter alia site management planning and monitoring and climate change … will have a multitude of ef- fects on seagrasses. Deeper water will reduce sunlight penetration to the seafloor, …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… current generation’s entitlement to the Earth’s natural resources). The present generation has a right to use and enjoy the resources of the Earth but is under an obligation to take … in the preamble of the 1992 UNFCCC, the 1999 Protocol on Water and Health to the Convention on the Protection and Use …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. The … immediate and delayed effects 109 Article 16 Risk management 111 Article 17 Unintentional transboundary … agricultural practices, improve supplies of potable water, more efficient industrial de- velopment processes for …
An explanatory guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. The … immediate and delayed effects 109 Article 16 Risk management 111 Article 17 Unintentional transboundary … agricultural practices, improve supplies of potable water, more efficient industrial de- velopment processes for …