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A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… Agricultural Research CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CSOLP … the United Nations GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GMO genetically modified organism GR genetic resource … international flow of genetic resources TRIPS Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights WIPO …
Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa
… jointly by UNEP, the EPO and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) proved an apt model … know-how from the source companies (including access to trade secrets), access to suitably skilled staff, sci- … advances, coupled with the growth in inter- national trade of knowledge-based goods and services, have …
European charter on hunting and biodiversity
… . . . . . . 14 2.2.2 International regulation of wildlife trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … recognised by CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora13) in … countries. 2.2.2 International regulation of wildlife trade Since travelling hunters transport hunting souvenirs or …
Protecting human health and the environment: A guide to the Rotterdam Convention on hazardous chemicals and pesticides
… each year. There is also a thriving international trade in pesticides and other chemicals, with products that … Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. The objective of this agreement is to promote shared … viewed as a response to four major questions involving the trade and use of potentially hazardous chemicals and …
Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches
… of the United Nations GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade HIA Health Impact Assessment ICESCR International … WSRA Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (United States) WTO World Trade Organization WUA Water Users’ Association WWAP United …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… services in economic terms and we do not understand the trade-offs that we are making when allowing unbridled … at USD 3.87 billion in 1998 (Brevoort, 1998). The global trade in medicinal plants has already grown to well over USD … amphibians, and 8% of threatened mammals. Hunting/trade activities affected 29% of mammals, and 28% of birds …
Towards sustainable fisheries law: a comparative analysis
… 62 1. Fisheries management 62 2. International trade agreements 65 vi 3. Fisheries organizations promoting … 175 1. Fishing by EC/North American/Japanese fleets 175 2. Trade in Namibian fish with the North 176 IV. Case studies on … on Migratory Species, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… in which they were used. The adoption of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) under the World Trade Organization in the mid 1990s also fundamentally … as agriculture, health, environment, science, technology, trade and industry, may have different policy approaches they …
Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty
… draft ABS Law 62 4.7 Enforcement and guarantee 63 4.8 Trade concerns 63 Chapter 5 Conclusions 65 References 67 vii … resources and benefit sharing TRIPS WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of International Property Rights CBD … WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization WTO World Trade Organization xiii A number of issues are clear. For …
Flow : The essentials of environmental flows
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.5 The Trade-offs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … determining what outcomes are sought and defining what trade-offs those will entail. A number of considerati- ons … stakeholders start accepting these uncertainties. 1.5 The Trade-offs The provision of environmental flows is not …