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Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… modules. Its lessons are aimed at a broad target learner group, especially at learners that are new to the … Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the … maize and other living plants. However, a few scientists working during the first part of the 20th century uncovered …
26 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework

… Law, and the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, working within the framework of the IUCN Natural Resource … (ELC) and the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) working closely with CEESP. Members of the IUCN Academy of … 18 Marine Protected Areas Working Group (2007). Progress in implementing the National …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… Environmental Law and Conventions (DELC) of UNEP has been working with various partners to further elaborate on this … organisations (NGOs), researchers, industry, and those working in government at the local, national and … some of its provisions, as proposed by the African Group of negotiators, and is closely linked to the work of …
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Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

… recover by around the middle of the century. Scientists, working together under the Vienna Convention, are monitoring … � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 73 Committees and working groups�� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � … shall prepare for the joint meeting of the Bureau and the group of the Research Managers. The joint meeting shall take …
26 May 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

A guide to designing legal and institutional frameworks on alien invasive species

… 76 Box 35. South Africa’s Working for Water Programme … and Maj de Poorter (IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group) for sharing their experience and providing sus- tained … “alien” (Article 8(h)) but without defining it. A possible working definition, contained in the Interim Guiding …
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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… Agricultural Research Centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and other … constructing 12 com- munity genebanks, the project is now working to link these to locally used seed storage systems in … Initially the Unit is concentrating on stake- holders working with plant species. The main activities of the GFU …
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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… organization PPP polluter-pays principle PUG pasture user group (Mongolia) UNDP United Nations Development Programme … of complementary institutions and capacities, including working across distinct boundaries, and these can be … an effort to build confidence in order to establish a working relationship between pastoralists and authorities …
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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa

… assessed. As a final example from a better known taxonomic group, nearly one-third (32%) of the world’s amphibian … full array of ecological types are represented within the group which, as such, has been widely used as an indicator … assessed are shown in Table 2.1. Freshwater fishes working group, evaluation workshop, Accra, Ghana. Photo: © …
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Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas

… Programme. xiii+67 pp. Design & Layout: Azhar Saeed, ECK Group, IUCN Pakistan Printed by: Ferozsons (Pvt) Limited. … ensure that those selected as zaitun are strict and hard working. They look after the crops and animals and keep a … Committee was formally constituted and started working in 1995. The members of this Committee are selected …
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International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues

… not account for administrative expenses including manpower working on the job in the Tea Board, the cost of setting up … information is required for purposes of discussions in the Working Parties. 2.3.3 The main features of the SPS Agreement … India, China and about 20 other developing countries to group together to demand radical cuts in wealthy nations farm …
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