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The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… Principle in Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resource Management Rosie Cooney The World Conservation Union … prudence”, meaning that “the introduction of animal and plant species and of modern technologies into the forest and … (see Decisions IV/7, V/4, VI/9), the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (Decision VI/9), or the deliberations of …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… has focused the minds of many on the finite nature of our resource base. However, something much greater than the … channel, embankment, filter, filterbed, pipeline, pumping plant, purification plant, plant for the generation of … not done so to ratify the International Treaty on Plant Genetic R e s o u rces for Food and A g r i c u l t u r e ; …
Review and Analysis of specific Transboundary Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) Initiatives in the Southern African Region
… R M P a p e r 3 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Transboundary natural resource management (TBNRM) is increasingly presented as a … only have rights to trees and forests that they plant on land lawfully held by them,56 title to all other … export markets and also to ensure species survival and genetic diversity. All SADC countries have legislation …
Governing natural resources and the processes and institutions that affect them : North-West Frontier Province. Legislation.
… Judicial Decisions Governing Natural Resources and Natural Resource Management 24 6. Laws and Judicial Decisions … water for the public. 57. Steeping hemp, jute or any other plant in or near a pond or any other excavation within such … certified seed; (i) “pre-basic seed” means seed of high genetic purity produced by a plant breeder; (j) “prescribed” …
Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty
… FOAG FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Food and … to increase by 70 percent by 2050, relying on a natural resource base that is reaching its limits and with climate …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… benefit-sharing requirements 15 1.2.1 Sovereign rights in genetic resources 16 1.2.2 Scope and coverage of ABS 17 … negotiations needed? 29 1.4 The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 30 1.4.1 … for the trees? Tropical biodiversity is a disappearing resource 278 7.2.6 Biodiscovery versus conservation: A false …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… Left – Photograph: Shutterstock; Centre – Living plant tissue cultures. Photograph: Rachel Wynberg; Right – … and models, changed the nature of the demand for genetic resources and the ways in which they were used. The … pharmaceutical companies were collecting large numbers of plant and other samples for mass screening, and sometimes …
Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… 79 ARTICLE 6 ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES … at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, providing advice on plant conservation for Kew’s policy partners, the UK … and the mining sector. She holds a Masters degree in Plant Conservation from the University of Birmingham and a …
Document - ABS information kit
… ABS Introduction to access and benefit-sharing What are genetic resources? All living organisms; plants, animals and … used Image copyright: Philip Lange/Shutterstock: Scorpiosa plant Access and benefit-sharing What is access and … research steps between gaining access to the genetic resource and the development of the final commercial product. …