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Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment
… principles of benefit sharing, i.e. in the context of genetic resources. In addition, there is some suggestion in … practices and promoting uncontrolled systems of resource exploitation. It is thus crucial that conflict … (Mar. 17, 2010) (admissibility decision). Box 2: Access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of …
Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions
… Protocol on Biosafety Nagoya Protocol on ABS plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: benefit-sharing … and of ecosystems. • "Biological resources" includes genetic resources, organisms or parts thereof, populations, … with actual or potential use or value for humanity. • "Genetic resources" means genetic material of actual or …
Additional Reading - Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets
… of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity By 2020, at least 17 per cent of … in decline, has been improved and sustained. By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and … the consolidated and agreed process in the Strategy for Resource Mobilization should increase substantially from the …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… armed conflict, patterns of international trade and resource utilization . Part VII contains and develops the … biological diversity, including species diversity, genetic diversity within species, and ecosystem diversity, … equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources, including through biotechnology with …
Case Study - Opportunities provided by the Nagoya Protocol in specific cases of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agricultural sector
… The University of California filed patents on the genetic resource and potential medicinal uses of the biomolecule. … provisions must cover possible changes of ownership over genetic resources, derivatives, information and IPR through …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… the protective function of ecosystems 3.1.3 Importance of genetic diversity for food security and livelihoods … reduction, the role of their constituents i.e. species and genetic diversity in reducing risk has been given less … Ecosystem management practices such as integrated water resource management and protected area management must …
The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… not limited to, ecosystem diversity, species diversity and genetic diversity. In addition, tangible entities … “any living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern … • The establishment of an Environmental Law Resource Centre, which has subsequently organized the …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… for the protection of local ecosystems, for sound natural resource management, and for the broader effort to achieve … “FPIC”) with respect to the use of their knowledge and the genetic resources on which they rely. In the words of article … exist regarding the terms on which such knowledge and genetic resources may be used or, in the words of article …
Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General
… is the variability of living systems. It comprises genetic, species and ecosystem diversity. Its usage in … sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. 119 Unlike earlier nature conservation … (November 2011); Tom Conway, “Building capacity for resource mobilization: improving the financial conditions for …