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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… of Land, Forests and Fisheries, in the context of National Food Security14 ▶ Hold investors and corporations to account … investors claiming that it can drive economic growth and food production.124 But too often this expansion has come at … of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. Available from: …
From reference levels to results reporting: REDD+ under the UNFCCC
… to results reporting: REDD+ under the UNFCCC 2018 update Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome, … reporting: REDD+ under the UNFCCC. 2018 update. Rome, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations … sources of error typically arising in the processing chain to calculate emis- sion factors, activity data and …
Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary
… side. Humans are forced to breathe polluted air, eat toxic food, drink contaminated water, whilst ba ling with rising … pollinators such as bees play a very important part in food production. It is estimated that bees contribute to the … humans), as they consume organisms further down the food chain (e.g. through the consumption of fish and shellfish by …
Biodiversity for (Bio)technology under the Convention on Biological Diversity: bioprospecting partnership in practice
… 2 INTRODUCTION. The importance of biotechnology for food, agriculture, human health, environmental protection, … by diverse studies and emphasized by entities such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and … in mind that the significance of one sample in the overall chain of efforts and costs to develop a new product or a new …
Mediterranean strategy for sustainable development 2016-2015: Investing in environmental sustainability to achieve social and economic development
… areas 26 Objective 2: Promoting resource management, food production and food security through sustainable forms of rural development … available technologies and practices throughout the value chain of goods production; integrated policy-making and legal …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Government of Canada for the … Diversity CGRFA Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture CH Clearing-House CHM Clearing-House … and � checkpoints must be effective in view of the whole chain of utilization. In contrast to Article 17(1), Article …
Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report
… of human rights, including the rights to life, health, food, water, adequate housing and self-determination … and, most recently, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food (A/70/287). In June 2014, the then-Independent Expert on … indigenous peoples, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food and the Independent Expert on human rights and …
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 changes at higher levels in the food chain. Frequent severe overwash and barrier …