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Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions

… elitist/exclusive method of managing this information resource.2” From the moment that information could be stored … fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources. The 6th Conference of the Parties (COP) of … not suggesting that controls on countries’ ownership of genetic material are relaxed but that information likely to …
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Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… law has paid relatively little attention to this resource. Groundwater represents about ninety-seven percent … ecological processes and life-support systems, to preserve genetic diversity, and to ensure the sustainable utilization … of species and ecosystems [Omitted: Article 3 - Species - Genetic diversity, Article 4 - Species - Sustainable use, …
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Plant protection legislation

… even more important. In addition, crop intensification and genetic manipulation have increased plant vulnerability to … in the trade of reproduction, multiplication or genetic improvement material; to restrict or subject to the … VIII. 69/ Ibid., Art. 29. 70/ Ibid., Art. 30. - 114 - The genetic material of pest-infested or diseased plants and …
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A guide to the complementarities between the Convention on Migratory Species and the Convention on Biological Diversity

… Sahelo-Saharan desertic and semi-desertic habitats, the genetic purity of the Bactrian camel, the socio-economic uses … blocks - they are tangible manifestations of species and genetic diversity that contribute to and rely on ecosystems. … shared between two or more States. As a common biological resource, migratory species provide every “Range State”1 with …
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Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador

… Ÿ food, fiber, timber, fuel production Ÿ water supply Ÿ genetic diversity Regulating Services Ÿ diseases, pests, … food, fibre, timber or fuel; provide water; and ensure genetic diversity, which is instrumental for the development … with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. They are generally large, with …
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Review of the compatibility of sectoral laws with the right to food

… POTENTIAL LAWS TO BE REVISED - Land - Water - Fisheries - Genetic Resources - Food safety - Consumer protection - ... … manner, including safeguarding drinking-water quality. Genetic resources for food and agriculture (Guideline 8D) … to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for food and agriculture, including for the …
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Invasive Alien Species - a threat to biodiversity

… sharing of bene" ts arising from the utilisation of genetic resources.. As we are only one year away from 2010, … depending on the life-history of the insect species and resource/niche availability, complex and diverse e$ ects of … and equitable sharing of the benefi ts from the use of genetic resources for the benefi t of present and future …
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An Introduction to National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

… sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. It considers biological diversity at three levels – the ecosystem, species and genetic levels – and requires Parties to ensure that actions …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

UNEP. The first 40 years

… the world community initiate a global programme to ensure genetic resources for future generations; • create an … pollution, improve housing in poor countries, collect genetic samples, protect whales and other endangered species, … had, after all, “custody” of that extraordinary global resource, the Amazon basin. One of the first things I did, …
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Towards a strategy for high seas marine protected areas: Proceedings of the IUCN, WCPA and WWF Experts Workshop on High Seas Marine Protected Areas

… crisis is already underway. New technologies in resource exploitation (e.g. global positioning systems, … expanding as well. Deep-sea tourism and bioprospecting for genetic resources have already started. Exploitation of deep … identified include: i) loss of biodiversity—encompassing genetic, species, habitat, community, ecosystem and …
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