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Brexit: environment and climate change

… internal market legislation, as well as the energy sector, agriculture and fisheries. In most of these areas, the EU … 11BRExIT: EnVIROnMEnT AnD CLIMATE CHAnGE • Forest and agriculture emissions (such as deforestation, emission … Commission, ‘Policy Area: CAP’: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-overview_en [accessed 19 January 2017] …
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Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… places to drain and convert to more obvious uses, such as agriculture. But the process had gone so far in the developed … - especially where fertile plains were created for agriculture. Such transformations were irresistible to … of Hunting and Nature Conservation in the USSR Ministry of Agriculture and the Secretary of the IUCN Commission on …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals

… the secondary formations resulting from slash-and-burn agriculture. It is occasionally kept as a pet but total … the secondary formations resulting from slash-and-burn agriculture, which is still the most common form of agriculture in much of Amazonia (Mittermeier and …
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A Review of Migratory Bird Flyways and Priorities for Management - TS No. 27

… de Chasse et Conservation de la Faune Sauvage FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation GEF Global Environment Facility … the Convention for the Protection of Birds Useful to Agriculture (Paris, 1902) and the International Convention … that important threats include land-use changes (from agriculture, forestry and development); illegal hunting and …
19 Jun 2026 Document

Global Warming of 1.5°C - an IPPC special report on the impacts of global warming

… measures can reduce nitrous oxide and methane from agriculture, methane from the waste sector, some sources of … Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) and removals in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector. This … in terms of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel and industry, agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU), and …
19 Jun 2026 Literature

Biodiversity for Business: A guide to using knowledge products delivered through IUCN

… in GPS-enabled mo- bile devices to promote sustainable agriculture near protected areas. Compliance with … uses of the data, and range from specific sectors (agriculture, forestry, mining, etc.) to cross-sectoral uses … Sector Organizations involved a b c d Page Example 1 Agriculture Nestlé ✔ ✔ 21 Example 2 Agriculture Rainforest …
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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… to Survival International BRAZIL – ONE OF WORLD’S LARGEST AGRICULTURE AND TIMBER EXPORTERS In 2013, the last time a … March 2014), Mapping big oil, mega mining & small-scale agriculture. Available from: … ping-big-oil-mega-mining- little-agriculture/ (accessed 20 April 2016) and UNCTAD Press …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… CGRFA Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Permanent forum established in 1983 under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), where 22 … matters relevant to genetic resources for food and agriculture. Chair Presiding officer of a meeting. Chair’s …
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Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project

… application, encompassing a variety of develop- ments in agriculture, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and … the seabed (including the ocean floor, 23 See, e.g., FAO, Agriculture and Fisheries Status Report, 2002. ‘The global … inter alia, ABS of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in harmony with the CBD (see ITPGRFA, Art. 1). 94 …
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Handbook of working procedures and policy guidance for the Chemical Review Committee

… Health Criteria EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations g gram h hour … Health Criteria EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations g gram h hour … and individual formulations may be authorized for use in agriculture in general and not restricted to specific crops; …
19 Jun 2026 Document