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The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… of the Convention is the principle of the sovereign right of states to exploit their own genetic resources … fear, and distress; 4) injury and disease; and 5) food, water and malnutrition. The OIE's initial activities decided … as natural resources necessary for feeding animals (mainly water and grazing) and also the rights and obligations of the …
Nexus Governance: Harnessing contending forces at work
… (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Global Water Programme Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Tel … for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the International Water Association (IWA) have collaborated on a joint … reservoir”, that the people fishing there had no official right to do so. Given that multiparty democracy had just been …
Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas
… purposes, data on the exclusions can be useful in its own right. For example, tenants at private cottages in the park … sites, and maintain vegetative cover, soil surfaces, and water quality within desirable limits. Knowledge of planned … standards must be conducted in ratio to actual volume (water quality sampling and treatment, waste removal, etc.). …
Forests and protected areas : Guidance on the use of the IUCN protected area management categories
… wider landscape 27 Forests managed to maintain soil and water resources 27 Forests managed for community purposes 28 … types of conserved forest 47 Forests protected to maintain water resources: forests around Stockholm, Sweden 47 … life support systems, and provide vital services, such as water supply and soil protection, for local and more distant …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… Simply put, one cannot build a structure without the right tools – and having the tools is meaningless without … operations (less than five) so as to impart stability, water solubility, etc. 44 ‘Derivative’ means any discrete … means the Access Provider of the Environment and Water Resources and includes any Access Provider or agency of …
European Union overseas coastal and marine protected areas - overview of coastal and marine conservation efforts in the European Union's overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
… measuring the breadth of the territorial sea) is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large- scale charts … part II, section 2) The territorial sea is a belt of water not exceeding 12 nm in width measured from the … limitation on sovereignty in the territorial sea is the right of innocent passage for foreign ships contiguous Zone - …
The Durban accord
… and ecosystems, most crucial in safeguarding food, air and water, most essential in stabilising climate, most unique in … and rising demands for food, fibre, fuel and water. We see loss of biological and cultural diversity and … goods and services, as irreplaceable sources of fresh water, fish stocks and flood protection, and as buffers …
Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the East Asian Regional Action Plan
… framework of management which incorporates, inter alia, water-shed management, coastal zone planning, shipping … other government agencies such as those responsible for water resources, hydropower, agriculture and tourism. … international framework for the conservation of migratory water birds and their habitats in Asia-Pacific region. Japan …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… and widespread deterioration in the quality of air, water and soils – the basic resources on which all of life … that movements of animals and plants and the flow of wind, water, materials and biota between habitats is a key element … a large protected area of 1,600,000ha in Peru, is of the right order of magnitude to conserve entire assemblages of …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… time, Article 15(1) does not grant the State a property right over these resources (Glowka et al., 1994, p. 76). … the living and non-living natural resources found in the water column, the seabed, and the subsoil thereof. ! In its … of living and non-living natural resources found in the water column, the seabed, and the subsoil thereof and …