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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… capacity building and access to and transfer of technology. These benefits are targeted at de- 2 Explanatory … resources, the use of genetic material and access to technology, including biotechnology.The CBD is a framework … (Article 15); • encourage access to, and transfer of, technology relevant to the conservation and sustainable use …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… change mitigation and adaptation • The private sector and technology policy • Procedural rights: strengthening … and increase commitments to capacity development and technology transfer. Analysis of technology needs in the water and sanitation sectors should …
3rd UNCCD Scientific Conference: Book of abstracts
… and sustainable development: the contribution of science, technology, traditional knowledge and practices” Book of … and sustainable development: the contribution of science, technology, traditional knowledge and practices” Book of … and sustainable development: the contribution of science, technology, traditional knowledge and practices” presents a …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… substances, with lasting influence on innovation, technology transfer, strengthening of environmental … dramatically alongside advancements in information technology and the continual implementation of pollutant … and focuses on means of implementation, such as finance, technology, capacity development, global partnerships and …
Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures
… Khan The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology for the Caribbean Ahmed Bah Ibrahim Federal … The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for Central Europe Daniel Garcia Ruano … The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology for the Caribbean Johan Pettersson Ministry of …
Water in drylands - Adapting to scarcity through integrated management
… to drylands. On the one hand, massive investment in water technology enables rich nations to offset this impact, … outcomes due to the modest and low impact nature of the technology being used. The amount of water available at … 2. Develop improved methods for assessing both nature- and technology-based water interventions in drylands to ensure …
Collaboration for resilience: How collaboration among business, government and NGOs could be the key to living with turbulence and change in the 21st century
… extinctions, fisheries collapse or, in a more localised, technology-specific example, impoverishment downstream of hydropower dams. Technology is prone to accentuating the convergence of … knowledge of them and creating an ‘ingenuity gap’ that technology alone cannot bridge (Homer-Dixon, 2000). The …
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… regional action programmes 9. Research, development and technology National capacities 10. National laws 11. Public … 12. Institutional arrangements Committee on Science and Technology 12. Dispute Resolution 13. Measures to resolve … financial resources, including for the transfer of technology, on a grant basis, and/or on concessional, to …
Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions
… and knowledge is often limited by a combination of technology, economics, culture and law. This section looks at … unless someone funds them. So we would like to thank TNC's Technology and Information Systems department, whose grant … Because of changes in the nature of information, technology, the global importance, and the scope of the …