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Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts
… (Scheringer, 1997; Macdonald et al., 2005). Additionally, modified wind fields and higher wind speeds are expected to … from the external exposure medium into the tissues of the organism. For hydrophobic/lipophilic compounds it is the … Climate change-induced ecotoxicological effects of POP s (modified from Noyes et al., 2009). Climate change-induced …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… unified regime: • biosafety (the introduction of living modified or- ganisms – i.e. products of the utilization of … imposition of the ABS process. Fowler et al., 2001. 90 • genetically identifying species and varieties with … whether the materials obtained consist of living or dead organism(s), tejido(s), organ(s), embryos, reproductive cells …
Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning
… areas where natural habitat has subsequently been modified or lost. Poor Good Fair Map of ecological condition … in good ecological condition, semi-natural or moderately modified areas to be in fair ecological condition, and severely or irreversibly modified areas to be in poor ecological condition. Protected …
The status of natural resources on the high-seas
… Archaeoglobus fulgidus is the first sulphur-metabolizing organism to have its genome sequenced. These bacteria … may require large quantities of a particular organism in order to obtain useful quantities of natural … In the former case, the original text was substantially modified to reflect changing economic and political …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… expressly provides that customary law may be repealed or modified by statute.84 Similarly, Cote d’Ivoire, Niger and … of such common law or customary law may be repealed or modified by Act of Parliament, and the application thereof … the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope on 10th June, 1891, as modified by subsequent legislation having in Zimbabwe the …
Global Re-introduction Perspectives: 2011 - More case studies from around the globe
… and western sides of Nantucket Island. Goal 3: Establish a genetically-diverse captive population of American burying … populations in streams where impassable culverts have been modified to restore upstream fish passage. Small adult bull … remaining local populations of the Ushimotsugo minnow were genetically different (Watanabe & Mori, 2008; Mukai, …
Montenegro and marine protected areas: Legal and insituttional framework assessment for conservation of coastal and marine biodiversity and establishment of MPAs
… alien species of fish and other marine organisms, genetically modified species of fish or other marine organisms into the … a protected natural asset or part of it with a partially modified and/ or altered habitat characteristics that enable …