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Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems
… benefit to humanity. Most directly, it comprises a vast genetic storehouse of medicines, foods and fibers (Myers … amongst stakeholders (scientists, government agencies, resource users, NGOs and donors) and a sense of ownership of … alien species Problematic native species Introduced genetic material Pollution Domestic and urban waste water …
Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
… reproduction or that may cause cancer, may cause heritable genetic damage, may cause cancer by inhalation, may impair … “suspected of causing cancer” and/or “suspected of causing genetic defects”, where the mass flow of the sum of the … the following risk phrases: “may cause cancer”, “may cause genetic defects”, “may cause cancer by inhalation”, “may …
Third report on the protection of the atmosphere
… in a transboundary context, in particular, on a shared resource ”, 65 it can be concluded from the fact of an … assessment regimes vary from region to region and from resource to resource. 134 A large number of conventions … sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources”. 244 Similarly, the 1994 Convention to …
Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change
… 1.4.2 Applying the ecosystem approach to Integrated Water Resource Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … from ecosystems (e.g., freshwater, food, fibre, fuel, genetic resources, biochemical, natural medicines, and … or buy food products. For example, aquatic species provide genetic and biochemical resources invaluable for health and …
Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)
… risks to biodiversity and aims to support conservation, resource use, and management decisions by identifying … risks to biodiversity and aims to support conservation, resource use and management decisions by identifying … W. J. and Shapcott, A. (2012). ‘Will climate change, genetic and demographic variation or rat predation pose the …
Initiating effective transboundary conservation - A practitioner’s guideline based on the experience from the Dinaric Arc
… in adjacent states have been cooperating on natural resource management in many regions, in some cases long … in which government agencies, local communities and resource users, non-governmental organizations and other … The wealth of landscape, ecosystem, species and genetic diversity make this an area of interest for …
Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource Reproduction of this publication for educational or … medicines • Shelter • Agrobiodiversity • Pharmaceuticals • Genetic material x According to Colls et al., 2009, … of specific crop and livestock varieties, maintaining genetic diversity of crops and livestock, and conserving …
Poverty and conservation: Landscapes, people and power
… — people as threat 18 Nature as biodiversity — people as a resource 21 Integrated Conservation and Development Projects … why developmentalists cannot afford to ignore the natural resource base on which many poor people depend. The authors … trade • access and benefit- sharing related to genetic resources • research to improve farm productivity …
Protected landscapes and cultural and spiritual values
… able practices in local communities, as models of natural resource management, stewardship and sustainable rural … unique biodiversity (ecosys- tems, species and genetic diversity) • conserve Madagascar’s cultural heritage … breed was kept pure. Infield (2002) found only taurine genetic markers on the Y chromosome. Despite centuries of …