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Business and ecosystems : Ecosystem challenges and business implications
… pharmaceutical industry benefits from nature’s providing genetic resources; agribusiness depends on nature’s … � Government-imposed water restrictions or rationing; � Plant closures in areas where costs become prohibitive or … for habitat restoration include enhancing the efficacy of resource use and management, preventing pollution, and …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… the role that linkages might play in the conservation of plant species and communities. Why has there been such … which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement among resource patches’ (Taylor et al. 1993). It is critical to … random fluctuations in environmental, demographic and genetic processes, and may rapidly disappear (see Box 3–1). …
European charter on hunting and biodiversity
… (Article 2 of the CBD). Ecosystem7: A dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non- … sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilisation of genetic resources. Sustainable use of the components of … thresholds needed for long- term viability, and that all resource managers and users have the responsibility to ensure …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… links between human rights and biodiversity and natural resource conservation are many and complex. The conservation … to mainstreaming gender in regimes to secure access to genetic resources and to share benefits. Chapter 12 explores … Region, the setting of the case study below, has the most plant species of any of the world’s six floral kingdoms and …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… ‘Package Deal’ of issues agreed in 2011, namely: marine genetic resources (MGRs), including questions on the sharing … on the Law of the Sea ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture IUCN … has the right to set laws, regulate use, and exploit any resource (subject to the right of innocent pas- sage enjoyed …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… can have sanctions attached. They are derived from natural resource use – some practices and beliefs acquire the force … Communities. International Expert Workshop on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing, Cuernavaca, 24-27 … and protect the ownership of indigenous seeds and plant varieties, their genetic and diverse characteristics …
FAO's work on Climate Change
… hunger and ensuring the sustainability of our natural-resource base to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable … for natural disasters, as well as for transboundary plant pests and diseases and developing disaster risk … study. Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Integration of Genetic Diversity into National Climate Change Adaptation …
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
… In the 2006 case of Giacomelli v. Italy, which concerned a plant for the treatment of toxic industrial waste, the ECHR … not limited to, ecosystem diversity, species diversity and genetic diversity. In addition, tangible entities … • The establishment of an Environmental Law Resource Centre, which has subsequently organized the …
Best practice guidelines for the re-introduction of great apes
… is an interdisciplinary group covering a wide range of plant and animal species (as opposed to most SSC Specialist … 13 Genetic Assessment … extreme social disruption, crowding, or exaggerated resource competition. Re-introduction should not endanger … and key ecological relationships, and enhancing genetic variation of a taxon. Secondary objectives can …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… Resources Assessment Programme. (2006). Global Forest Resource Assessment 2006. p. 12. Rome, Italy: FAO. 2 Ibid., … restrict or ban the import or marketing of certain plant species or plant product derivatives in order to … Diversity (SCBD). (2002). Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the …