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Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang

… change, population growth, shrinking areas of arable land and the rapid erosion of agrobiodiversity. Greater … through the purchase of biotechnology companies, the acquisition of patents for key technologies and products and, …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation

… . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 9 Case Studies of Linkages in Land-use Planning and Conservation . . . . . . . . 177 … they are insufficient in scale and number – either on the land or in the sea – to significantly address this gap in … Box 6–2 La Selva-Braulio Carrillo corridor, Costa Rica Acquisition of land by a consortium of conservation agencies …
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Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.

… from industrial areas to degraded and agricultural land to pristine natural environments. The system aims to … whether the overall biodiversity suitability of the global land- holdings over which a company has management control is … good management of planted rehabilitation areas; acquisition and good management of adjoin- ing offset areas; …
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Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty

… practical application is the difference between the normal acquisition of biological resources and "access to genetic … acknowledge the difference between the owners of the land, from which the spec- imen is collected, the owner of … the genetic resource, or authorizes the entrance to the land where the resource is located or to the ex-situ …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… that recognizes the interlinkages—for example, between land and water, agriculture and water, technology and water, … voluntary measures, market and information-based tools, land-use management and cost recovery of water services, … OF FRESHWATER RESOURCE 58 2. Ensuring opportunities for acquisition of reasonable profit; 3. Inclusion of loan …
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The environmental impact of economic incentives for agricultural production: a comparative law study

… Richards P., Ecological Change and the Politics of African Land Use, African Studies Review, June 1983, pp. 1-59. - 3 - … not be understood in the limited sense of produce from the land, but should also encompass fishery and forestry … a marine credit system. The former is directed towards the acquisition on the part of the fishing enterprises of medium …
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Effective planning strategies for managing environmental risk associated with geophisical and other imaging surveys - A resource guide for managers

… conditions): • comprehensive integration of vessel-based, land-based, and aerial visual monitoring (if any); • archival … and Wildlife Service), established a significant data acquisition programme (ObSERVE1 ). The programme was designed … the case that monitoring on its own requires archival data acquisition and systematic monitoring of operations. …
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Towards a mutually supportive relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the World Trade Organisation: An action guide

… management in production forests and conversion of land to cash crops), expansion of subsistence agriculture, … demand for fuelwood and charcoal, as well as inequitable land tenure patterns. On the other hand, trade based on … marine living resources: � Subsidisation of fleets and acquisition of rights of access to foreign waters, which …
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Biodiversity offsets: Views, experience, and the business case

… value to conservation: creating value for undeveloped land 20 4 Why biodiversity offsets? The regulatory case 21 … society should continue to trust them with access to the land and sea needed for their operations. Benefits to … money to replace funds they would have otherwise spent on acquisition of key properties for biodiversity”. Box 3: Ten …
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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts

… virtually all countries the rules gov- erning ownership of land and permanently constructed improvements are very … are governed by each country’s existing ‘real property’ (land and buildings) law. Neither claim is generally supported … 15.3, discussed above. The standards for proving such an acquisition are not yet agreed. If it has happened, the …
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