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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… Caribbean 81% and in North America 73%. 65% of more of the total energy food supply is provided by four crops and their … to the Treaty together contribute some 80% of the world’s total energy food supply. As income increases, the … of the objectives of this Treaty; This is a normal catch-all provision to be found in most international …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… the various areas of Communal Land with due regard to the total number of tribespeople in each such area: Provided that … to kaitiakitanga S 21: (1) in setting or varying any total allowable commercial catch, the Minister shall have regard to the total allowable …
The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa
… amphibians, aquatic reptiles and mammals are added to this total, it becomes clear that as much as one third of all … for 2009 (BirdLife International 2009)). Taxon Estimated total number of inland water-dependent species Estimated … (Musschot & Lalèyè 2008) have been described, bringing the total number of described freshwater fish species for western …
Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case
… it implies that development can proceed only if a total “amount” of wetland habitat is maintained. What results … the SNUC. Enterprises must pay “no less than 0.5%” of the total anticipated investment costs. The exact sum will be … that adopt the principles, which apply to projects with a total capital cost of $50 million or more, undertake to …
Global Land Outlook
… future price volatility and food insecurity. It is the sum total of our individual decisions that is fueling a global … its biological and economic productivity. It is the sum total of our individual decisions – as consumers, producers, … entails the draining of peatlands, which can then catch fire. The resulting health risks from air pollution are …
Issues in water law reform
… begins. If, when all allocations have been made, their total exceeds the capacity of the resource, the Minister may … each water user within a sub-catchment shares in the total amount of water available for consumptive use. In this … urgent to develop a water use management discipline and to catch the interest of academia in this task. -104- …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… Lakes. Finally, PES sometimes appears to have become a ‘catch phrase’ which needs further clarification on what it … Allocate pollution or abstraction permits which divide the allowable overall total among water – users; and Allow trading of permits …
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
… protected areas (MPAs), where less than 2 per cent of the total marine area within the exclusive economic zones of most … area protected with known year of establishment Total terrestrial area protected Marine area protected with … engaged in fishing to exhibit his licence, apparatus and catch; (b) go on board any vessel reasonably believed to be …
International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… protected areas. The strategy states that in 1996, 6.4% of total land area was classified as part of this system, which … dilution of the support committed by the Parties (a total of 176 countries, nearly all of which are also parties … addition, however, the WSSD was unwilling to lose the Rio catch-phrase – “think globally, act locally” – and embodied …