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Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document

… Matrix 75 Abbreviations CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CEPA Communication, Education, Participation and … way to the extinction crisis of the planet’s species and genetic variety, the world’s cultural diversity, principally … the rights of indigenous peoples and the issue of genetic resources have long been the subject of discussion in …
18 May 2026 Document

AEWA Conservation Guidelines No. 10 - Guidelines on Avoidance of Introductions of Non-native Waterbird Species (TS No. 12)

… instruments include the Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio de Janeiro 1992) and the Convention on the … 1979). Contracting parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity are committed under Article 8 to take action to: … but inter- breed with them freely and thus threaten the genetic integrity of wild Mallard populations (Callaghan et. …
18 May 2026 Document

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

… 7 Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2010). ‘Executive Summary’. Global Biodiversity … processes and life-support systems, preservation of genetic diversity and sustainable utilization of species and … hectori hectori) Satellite Tagging, Health and Genetic Assessment. Department of Conservation. 157 Ministry …
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Supporting implementation of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and the African Agenda 2063

… of species, ecosystems and genes (variability, diversity and integrity) is not only a conservation task but … ensuring equitable sharing of benefits derived from genetic resources and effectively managing terrestrial and …
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Protected areas as natural solutions to climate change

… livelihoods, disaster risk reduction and provision of genetic material for crop and livestock breeding and new … on Protected Areas, under the Convention on Biological Diversity; and 6. CALLS ON all State Members and other …
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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) … should take measures to maintain or strengthen dietary diversity and healthy eating and cooking habits, while …
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The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Western Africa

… 1 1.1.1 Species diversity … cichlids and cyprinids (Helfman 2007). It can also reduce genetic diversity, especially when the stock size is greatly … subpopulations that show a great deal of morphological and genetic variation, and further investigations may show S. …
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Guidelines on Biofuels and Invasive Species

… invasive if their genotype is changed through breeding or genetic modification. Hybridisation can also ‘invade’ wild …
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Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability

… (art. 10). The objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) include biodiversity conservation and … and instead advises sustainable use of the country's genetic resources. It calls for the technical and financial … protect areas of national significance, biodiversity and genetic resources. These objectives demonstrate a clear …
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Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas: The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN’s World Commission on Protected Areas

… Sustainable Development and the Convention on Biological Diversity, endorsed by IUCN and other bodies, of establishing … is now needed in order to conserve marine biological diversity and produc- tivity. This is to maintain but … of seawa- ter combined with the increasingly known genetic isolation of marine species means that networks of …
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