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IUCN Information Papers on Marine Genetic Resources

… under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea”. Resolution 67/78 further recalled the United Nations … the term genetic resources at international and national level. However, it is important to note that these … health food products and restorative cosmetics. This gives rise to the question of the role of the commercialization of …
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The ecosystem approach: Five steps to implementation

… should be decentralized to the lowest appropriate level. 3. Ecosystem managers should consider the effects … but do not greatly depend on it (secondary); and national level government officials and international conservation … should be decentralized to the lowest appropriate level. 5. Conservation of ecosystem structure and …
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Biodiversity management in the cement and aggregates sector: Regulatory tools.

… and de- monstrable change at the company and sectoral level in how biodiversity is valued and managed by … in a wider context, by looking at the surrounding area. A rise in the calculated index value, and especial- ly an … early summer in temperate climates and in the early rainy sea- son in tropical climates. Ideally, weather conditions …
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Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)

… projects or programmes to instigate change at the national level. The co-sponsors of this Toolkit intend to verify its … of wildlife and forest laws or regulations can give rise to administrative, civil or criminal liability, with … the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, and the Protocol against the Illicit …
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Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… measures at international, regional, national and local level. The need for capacity development to that end has been … W hat is C onservation and Sustainable U se? LESSO N 1 17 rise to a new plant, whether through sexual or asexual … science or wilderness protection – an area of land and/or sea possessing some outstanding or representative ecosystems, …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II

… in dog fighting in the United States at a professional level, meaning that dog fighting and its associated gambling … non-ambulatory or “downer” animals that are unable to rise and walk after being prodded. In many instances, such … or discredit the veracity of the record likely occurred at sea, or at least beyond the ready observation of law …
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Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts

… benefit-sharing 35 1.4.4.1 Benefit-sharing at the country level 35 1.4.4.2 Benefit sharing in individual transactions … or (ii) conventional provisions that may give rise to less conventional concerns when applied to ABS … from marine organisms that include bryozoans, nudibranchs, sea hares, sponges, soft corals, and tunicates. In January …
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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners

… areas, huge holes in land, water pollution (fresh and sea water), changing the course of rivers, the reduced … projects, impacts the whole society at national and global level. Projects such as construction of hydroelectric dams, … international law, the violation of human rights gives rise to a right to remedy and reparation for the victim(s). …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea … for Human Rights (OHCHR) jointly organized a High Level Expert Meeting, the New Future of Human Rights and the … Sarayaku community, and to investigate the events giving rise to the adoption of provisional measures, so as to …
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Manual for the National Focal Points for CMS and its Instruments

… implementation of CMS Family instruments at the national level (Chapter 5) • The process of national reporting to CMS … Diversity (CBD), the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and its implementing Fish Stocks Agreement … of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (q.v.) giving rise to the Convention’s commonly used initials CMS …
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