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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… Hunger. 11 Altieri and Nicholls 2013: The adaptation and mitigation potential of traditional agriculture in a changing climate. … .socla.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/ALTIERI-NICHOLLS-CLIMATIC-CHANGE.pdf 12 Traditional Agricultural Knowledge and Farmers’ …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change WGABS Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing 07 … from their use are shared. REDD aims to contribute to the mitigation of climate change by facilitating payments for …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… (art. 10), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (art. 6(a)), require environmental information to be … at the centre of their climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies” (paras. 49, 50). The Convention states …
Securing the future for global peatlands
… that they are of great scientific interest in recording climate evolution, the composition of the atmosphere, … Convention, of the importance of peatlands for climate change, biodiversity conservation, and a wide range of … strategic actions of the FAO 'guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable …
A Global Register of Competences for Protected Area Practitioners
… by educational institutions. ● Promoting organisational change. Using competences can act as a ‘push factor’, … PPP 4.9 Coordinate protected area system-wide responses to climate change and associated impacts. ● Developing and … options and approaches (vulnerability, resilience, mitigation, adaptation, etc.). A Global Register of …
The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region
… Arturo Gavilán (National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico), Gerold Dompig (Of�ce of the President, … Panama), Martha Ramírez (National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico), Martha Sentí (Ministry of Science, …
Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements
… Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for their contributions and review of this … through the implementation of target- oriented goals. Mitigation In the context of the UN Framework Convention on …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… of forest, and an estimated 10,000 distinct species. Climate change is accelerating, and will have sweeping impacts on … Australia) (2014). Western Australian Shark Hazard Mitigation Drum Line Program 2014-2017: Report and …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… www.iucn.org IUCN Policy and Global Change Group IUCN Publications Services Unit 219c Huntingdon … of biological resources, spread of invasive alien species, climate change, and continued loss of biodiversity. However, … Guiding Principles for the Prevention, Introduction and Mitigation of Impacts of Alien Species that Threaten …