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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Examples ITLOS, in its Order of 3 December 2001 in the MOX Plant Case, considered (para. 82) the duty to cooperate in … 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 …
Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?
… 16 Resource efficiency and Markets … for Environment and Development IPA: ........ Important Plant Area IUCN: ..... International Union for Conservation … are broken allowing seeds and water to penetrate the soil, plant matter is rapidly decomposed and manure is put back …
WTO Panel Report on the "EC-Biotech" Case: Considerations for Trade and Development"
… the sector, and their perception of the linkages between genetic modification and ethical issues. As a result, … their chosen level of protection for human, animal or plant life or health. In this regard, the EC–Biotech Panel … and enforce measures necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health, and the need to restrict the use of …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of … Kenya: Natural Resource Management Project (P095050) … have a deterrent effect and the DEH had been slow to adapt plant and mining equipment to the “best available … no. 16798/90 (1994) Basic Facts A tannery waste treatment plant was opened in Lorca, Spain, in July 1988, without the …
Global Land Outlook
… more rational land use allocations that lead to greater resource use efficiency and the reduction of waste; it is … sedimentary layers and associated groundwater reserve, the plant and animal populations (biodiversity), the human … billion annually,43 albeit under threat.44 A wide range of genetic variation is needed for crop breeding to help species …
MEA Negotiator’s Handbook
… ........................................ 3-104 3.8.1.4. Resource Allocation Framework ........................ 3-106 … sharing of the benefi ts arising out of the utilization of genetic resources, including by appropriate access to genetic … all 184 FAO members, adopted the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. 6.1.6.2. …
Assessing the international forest regime
… sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources. It has been asserted by experts that the … to continue with the preparations for the Global Forest Resource Assessment FRA 2000.31 Support by other … excepts measures necessary to protect human, animal, or plant life or health. Article XX(g) excepts measures relating …
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 …
Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance
… vegetation entirely. Peat is dead and partially decomposed plant remains that have accumulated in situ under waterlogged … the peat-forming phenomenon and its ecological and natural resource functions; b) dependence of peatlands on their … changes that may otherwise lead to loss of habitat and genetic processes; and g) consideration of the possible …
Ramsar Technical Report 7: Ramsar Wetland Disease Manual
… traumatic, immunological, developmental, congenital/genetic and cancers. � Disease is often viewed as a matter of … � Timber production; � Energy resources, such as peat and plant matter; � Wildlife resources; � Transport; and � … between humans and other biodiversity, the complexities of resource use, including barriers to sustainable resource use, …