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Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions
… Law School, Glasgow, UK Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance: www.strath.ac.uk/scelg … Protocol on Biosafety Nagoya Protocol on ABS plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: benefit-sharing and farmers’ rights …
UNEP. The first 40 years
… Peter Sand, Robert Vagg, Scott Vaughan and Peter Usher for reading and commenting on various sections of this book. … the world community initiate a global programme to ensure genetic resources for future generations; • create an … had, after all, “custody” of that extraordinary global resource, the Amazon basin. One of the first things I did, …
Introduced Non-native Waterbirds - Status within the African-Eurasian Flyways
… A model of ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis eradication for the UK. Journal of Applied Ecology 42, 546–555. SOVON … threat to native populations as it can cause a loss of genetic purity, and ultimately, extinction of a species. … to Natives Current Status Geographic Area Risk Status Resource Requirement2 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis …
Factsheet - Convention on Biodiversity
… equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources. Its overall objective is to encourage … In 2010, Parties to the CBD adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, a ten-year framework for action … to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) n www.unccd.int Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) …
Preservation of oasis ecosystems
… of irrigation (doses and frequency) and drainage; e. genetic erosion caused by the generalization of certain cultivars for exclusively commercial purposes; f. crop protection … must achieve; and RECALLING the actions started by: a. the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations …
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
… UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE The Aarhus Convention An Implementation Guide … 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 …
Report - Alternatives to fenthion for quelea bird control
… ALTERNATIVES TO FENTHION FOR QUELEA BIRD CONTROL By Robert A. Cheke Natural Resources … and, if so, there is a possibility that future progress in genetic manipulation might allow the introduction of lethal … UK. Jaeger, M.E. & Elliott, C.C.H. 1989. Quelea as a resource. In Bruggers, R.L. and Elliott, C.C.H. (eds.) Quelea …
A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity
… /... For reasons of economy, this document is printed in a limited … Sahelo-Saharan desertic and semi-desertic habitats, the genetic purity of the Bactrian camel, the socio-economic uses … shared between two or more States. As a common biological resource, migratory species provide every “Range State”1 with …
The Land in Numbers
… be underestimated. The figures vividly illustrate that. For example, • 40% of all intrastate conflicts in the past 60 … lack access to safe water. 15 3 3 EXPLODING NEEDS IN A RESOURCE FINITE WORLD Productive land and soil are the basic … Since the beginning of the 20th century, about 75% of the genetic diversity of agricultural crops has been lost. 32 • …
Additional Reading - Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets
… Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 and the Aichi Targets “Living in … of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity By 2020, at least 17 per cent of … the consolidated and agreed process in the Strategy for Resource Mobilization should increase substantially from the …