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Briefing Note 2: Wetlands and water storage: current and future trends and issues

… supplies of water for climate change adapta- tion, food security, water security, human and economic … our lives including drinking, washing and cooking, growing food, support- ing industry, and producing energy (Gleick … year 2042 (DESAPD 2006), generating greater demands for food from irri- gated agriculture and for clean safe drinking …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… Euro-Med Participatory Water Resources Scenarios FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations … FECOFUN Federation of Community Forest Users (Nepal) FIAN Food First Information and Action Network FIELD Foundation … development and environment NGOs on issues of food security, agro-biodiversity, environment and water …
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Conservation and Sustainable use of PGRFA

… and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL … to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Book: Book - Unit 2 - Conservation and … of a number of the world’s most important PGRFA for food security for research and breeding purposes. …
18 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Biological Diversity

Integration of groundwater management into transboundary basin organizations in Africa - Training manual

… 8.7 References 17 8.8 Exercise 18 MODULE 9 Groundwater and Food Security 9.1 Introduction and background 4 9.2 Why is … 13 9.6 The new approach: The nexus between water-, food- and energy security 15 9.7 References and further … Economic Community Of West African States Food and Agriculture Organisaton of the United Nations …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Climate Change Vulnerability of Migratory Species

… tundra  permafrost melts, as well as  the collapse of  food webs  in  the oceans  linked  to  changing  … ranging consequences  for species,  impacting on  food  webs, most prominently  in Arctic Regions,  as well  … in ocean  circulations will  change  food  … food abundance. Where certain  …
18 Jun 2026 Document

Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates

… 1985; Gruss and Waller, 1986); local utilisation as a food source may also have an adverse effect in conjunction … (Salas, 1985). Said to be exported to Santiago (Chile) for food use (Auffenberg, 1969). In the 1970s very large numbers … are laid. Threats to this species appear to be hunting for food (eggs and meat) and possibly capture for the pet trade. …
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Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends (Summary for Policy Makers)

… world depend on the natural living resources of LMEs for food, income, recreation, and other less tangible benefits … ten public policy goals for healthy oceans, such as food provisioning, carbon storage, and tourism. Priority … that flow from healthy marine ecosystems include fish for food and trade, cultural services for tourism and recreation, …
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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… fulfil individual’s human rights to life, health, water, food, work, culture, development, access to information, and … projects that destroy land for farming and growing food, people go hungry or become ill and their basic human rights to food, health, and an adequate standard of living are …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change

… Research Organisation DFG Discarded Fishing Gear FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations GEF … 101 Human health and food safety … household goods, packaging, coastal tourism, and food and drink packaging. How much of this material enters … fishing gear results in significant losses of potential food for human con- sumption. The extent of the social and …
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Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang

… of biological materials, such as cosmetics, botanicals and food and beverages, INTRODUCTION Harvesting Prunus africana … personal care, botanical, industrial biotechnology, and food and beverage industries.3 RECENT SCIENTIFIC AND … such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, biotechnology and food. Marine organisms are also of increasing signifi cance, …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity