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Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities

… On the one hand it can lead to increased efficiency in resource use and on the other hand it can provide the means … Based on well-established species-area curves for vascular plant species the loss in habitat will lead to a loss in … 0 These include: 1) Provisioning services (food, fiber, genetic resources); 2) Regulation services (e.g., climate …
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Earth Rights: The Theory

… being; (e) the right to be free from pollution, genetic contamination and human modifications of its …
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Improving governance of pastoral lands

… apart, or which they only use in certain years. Different resource patches that are geographically distant, such as … Rangelands are often found in drylands and mountains where plant growth is restricted by low rainfall, extreme cold, … their legitimate interests (International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), 2009; …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… 86 86 91 94 103 116 119 119 Table of contents iv 5. WATER RESOURCE QUANTITY: ALLOCATION AND MANAGEMENT I. THE PHYSICAL … the sum of water moving through physical evaporation and plant transpiration from the earth’s surface to the … serving as cradles of biological diversity, storehouses of genetic material and producers of food and resources …
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Convention on Biological Diversity

… sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. Since the Convention on Biological …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Energy law and sustainable development

… and differ across nations, depending on their natural resource endow- ments, i.e., whether they are blessed with … saving enough energy to avoid 100 megawatts worth of power plant capacity creates 39 jobs, compared with the 15–20 jobs … Many more species are losing a considerable part of their genetic variation, making them increasingly vulnerable to …
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Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), IPPC Procedure Manual for Standard Setting

… ENGENG Produced by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) IPPC PROCEDURE MANUAL FOR … or stewards from their region or from other regions as resource persons who may participate in discussions and help … natural resources, including land, water, air, climate and genetic resources, for the benefit of present and future …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… Udell When the Case Agent Brings You Lemons: Prosecuting Plant Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … geographic area; restitution of $14,315.61 for natural resource damage assessment costs; and physical improvements … for wildlife, and the conservation of valuable plant genetic resources for agricultural and medicinal purposes. …
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Handbook 4: Avian influenza and wetlands

… Parties, but this publication also brings together other resource materials relevant to the issue. The views expressed … Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases (EMPRES). Furthermore, the World … et al. 2007; Kilpatrick et al. 2006). However, analysis of genetic sequences and other largely indirect evidence suggest …
25 May 2026 Document

The valuation of ecosystem services: Are the challenges too many to ensure the maintenance of ecosystem integrity?

… one enjoys from the pure knowledge that a natural resource exists. The method of valuation depends on the type … 2 Provisioning services includes food and fibre, fuel, genetic resources, biochemicals, natural medicines, and … the services coming from the original system. A filtration plant for instance replaces only a small part of what a …
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