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Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements
… Plan focus areas, building on the existing work on resource mobilization under the Basel Convention; 3. Requests … as countries that are centres of origin and centres of genetic diversity. 2. The Biosafety Clearing-House shall … containing detectable novel combinations of replicable genetic material obtained through the use of modern …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… and multimedia module. The User’s Guide is thus a valuable resource that advances understanding of the Convention and … The Guide will also be supplemented by an online resource that will develop the Article-by-Article … Transboundary Resources: International Law and Optimal Resource Use (Cambridge University Press 2002). Berber FJ, …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… are quantified and measures taken to encourage sustainable resource use while minimizing the risk/magnitude of negative … the creation of community bylaws and land and natural resource management plans. 16. Create new technical advisory … (E) 89. The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources, 2005 (E) 90. Marco analítico para el …
Marine plastic debris and microplastics – Global lessons and research to inspire action and guide policy change
… man- agement; (v) The re-evaluation of plastic waste as a resource; (vi) Appropriate recycling activities to improve … and coordination amongst countries sharing a common resource. There are 18 Regional Seas Conventions and Action … Pease, C. J., E. L. Johnston and A. G. B. Poore (2010). “Genetic variability in tolerance to copper contamination in a …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… users can provide funds to meet the need for upstream resource management changes that benefit both the downstream … of money, they cannot reliably provide the main financial resource for PES. As a consequence, a ‘fundraising strategy’ … through sustainable production (food, fibres, water, genetic resources, natural medicines). Some of the services …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates
… areas (Greig and Burdett, 1976). This may mask any local genetic variation (South Africa CITES MA, 1987) . Sudan … 1974), and this turtle has always been a valuable food resource for the human population, both the local inhabitants … is one of several turtles that provided a valuable food resource (also a medium of exchange and a source of raw …
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
… reserve usually connotes "maximum protection", where all resource removals are strictly prohibited In some countries … with associated cultural values and traditional nat- ural resource management systems, allowing low-level sus- tainable … their long-term viability and to maintain biological and genetic diversity; (b) Habitats and their associated …