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Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance

… of plant varieties often managing a very diverse range of varieties. For instance Rwandan women are reported … it might first be necessary to try one or more of a range of techniques such as: • Visiting them at home. • … such is its effect.35 In its preamble CEDAW, states that State Parties are bound to guarantee men and women equal …
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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts

… while the provision of firewood reduces the destruction of range vegetation.1 Water provision is a key ecosystem service … to many of these ecosystem services and thus provide a range of energy options. Because of their relatively small … Site occupies 145,000 ha in south-eastern Washington State: it encompasses several protected areas and sites of …
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Voluntary Guidelines on National Forest Monitoring

… go to Yoganath Adikari (FAO), Chiegele Akpoke (Ebonyi State Agricultural Development Programme, Nigeria), Illias … time, as a basis for informed decision-making on a wide range of issues. National forest monitoring may be considered … data entered directly in the field. To enable this, the range of realistic values needs to be identified for each …
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Brexit: environment and climate change

… in 1987 Title xx has provided the legal base for a range of ‘purely’ environmental legislation, including the … introduced the ‘green payment’, subjecting 30% of Member State total Direct Payments 12 Directive 2011/65/EU of the … is clearly something of a patchwork quilt, drawing on a range of policy motivations and legal bases, as they have …
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Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang

… shift in research attention towards microorganisms in a range of different 5 been possible through genome mining, … or Spain or the United States. Genome mining. A diverse range of chemical and biological material has become … as drug candidates. 20 FAO, 2010. The second report on the state of the world’s plant genetic resources for food and …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

The impact of disasters and crises on agriculture and food security

… its 2015 conclusions and provides an update on the state of post-disaster agriculture in developing countries. … loss over the entire crop and livestock commodity range is quantified to adduce a holistic estimation of the … forestry, fisheries and aquaculture) for a varied range of disasters, and one that accommodates the various …
25 May 2026 Literature

Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya

… of 12 million Libyans by the year 2025 is estimated to range from 10.5 to 16.4 km³/year, compared to the 4.3 … are being converted from oil to natural gas, and the state- owned General Electricity Company (GECOL) is building … Temperature The Libyan coast lies within the subtropical range, receiving a great amount of solar radiation all year …
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Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… with national laws. To help achieve this objective, a range of measures are suggested, to be examined in greater … continuous management and innovation by farmers, a small range of initial crops and varieties evolved into an … not incompatible with the International Undertaking. 2. A state may impose only such minimum restrictions on the free …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Technical guidelines on hazardous waste from the production and use of organic solvents (Y16)

… chemical type, or family. 3. Solvents display a very wide range of properties and characteristics. Many are flammable, … for Management of Wastes 7. Solvent wastes embrace a broad range of physical and chemical characteristics. The solvent … Kiln type, this representing current perceptions of ‘State-of–the-Art’. 25. Hazardous waste incineration …
25 May 2026 Document

Assessment and control of biological invasion risks

… subspecies, or lower taxon, living within its natural range (past or present) including the area which it can reach … and occupy using natural dispersal out of its natural range even if it is seldom found there. endemic species: a … a species, subspecies or lower taxon outside its natural range (past or present). This movement can be either within a …
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