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The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural … Waterbird Agreement CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CCAMLR Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic … an uncertain threat. into the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and Agenda 21. It is now incorporated, at …
Capacity Development Needs and Priorities for Nature Conservation in South-Eastern Europe
… BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CCF Cambridge Conservation Forum CD Capacity … to include species diversity, ecosystem diversity and genetic diversity. The term is however increasingly used to … of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity target 11 By 2020, at least 17 per cent of …
Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
… and Benefit Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and climate governance under the UNFCCC. … Diversity (SCBD). (2002). Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the … Interests, and Prior Informed Consent prior to access to genetic resources; respect customs, traditions, values and …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… terrestrial environments 57 1.1 Convention on Biological Diversity 58 1.2 Climate Change Convention 60 1.3 Convention … connectivity of ecological processes, species habitat and genetic evolutionary process connectivity. The supportive … and decreasing the possibility of inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity. Proximity to other islands or the mainland …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Box 6–3 Gallery forests and the diversity of non-flying mammals in the Brazilian cerrado . . … random fluctuations in environmental, demographic and genetic processes, and may rapidly disappear (see Box 3–1). … of survival of the population may be greatly reduced. • Genetic stochasticity refers to random genetic processes that …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… an EMF Box 12: UN-REDD Programme Box 13: Why protect bio-diversity in the law? Box 14: Nigeria, the Electric Power … sciences, technology and ancestral knowledge along with genetic resources that contain biodiversity and … b) The conservation of biological diversity, access to genetic resources in Namibia, and the use of components of …
Wetlands, water and the law. Using law to advance wetland conservation and wise use
… throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural … the umbrella term used to denote diversity within species (genetic diversity), between species and between ecosystems. … waste.26 Wetlands also provide an important reservoir of genetic material. Genetic resources derived from wetlands may …
The Green Customs Guide to Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity * 30 * Convention on the Prohibition of the … including common and scientific names, relevant traits and genetic modification, transgenic traits and characteristics … any living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… Community and Common Market CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CET Common External Tariff COMESA Common Market for … Tin Commission ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture LDC Least … The coming into force of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) will …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… other species, and along with this species and underlying genetic diversity, constitute the broader array of biodiversity. … ecosystems to support livelihoods such as food, fibre, genetic resources, medicines, fresh water; - regulating …