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The Use of Marine Organisms in Traditional and Allopathic Medicine
… This use has, arguably, grown larger with increasing economic prosperity, population growth, technological … To meet conservation aims and maintain the health and economic benefits of those who rely on the exploitation of … in part to a reduction in demand following the regional economic collapse of that period. Conversely, the expansion …
Mekong River Basin. Mobilising grassroots engagement and facilitating high-level dialogue for transboundary water management
… in the Lower Mekong Basin. They illustrate major economic values and worth of the products and services … River Basin Province in Cambodia on integrating wetlands economic values into river basin management, as a means to … Mekong region of Lao PDR, is undergoing rapid ecological, economic and social changes that are driven by many disparate …
On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… us.8 “Killing has become politically acceptable to achieve economic goals….. I’ve never seen, working for the past 10 … out in the resolution on Human Rights Defenders working on economic, social and cultural rights adopted by the UN Human … 19 For information on current negotiations on a regional instrument in Latin America and the Caribbean see …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… to document and spell out the various environmental, economic, social and cultural values that this category can … range of agrobio- diversity is important to the economic well-being of the population. A notable case is that … development measures in a manner consistent with IPA-RD (Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance for Rural …
Protected Areas in East Asia: Evaluating and strengthening implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas and the East Asian Regional Action Plan
… policies as appropriate, including use of social and economic valuation and incentives, to provide a supportive … To provide an enabling policy, institutional and socio-economic environment for protected areas Key: • very little … of a network of high seas marine PAs. No global instrument currently in place is competent to address the …
A1- Integrating Environmental Concerns in International Water Law
… open to global participation, is the 1992 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the … 21 May 1997, U.N. Doc. A/RES/51/229 (1997) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Convention on the Protection … Lakes, 17 March 1992, 1936 U.N.T.S. 269 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Convention on Environmental …
High seas bottom trawl fisheries and their impacts on the biodiversity of vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems: Options for international action
… protection of biodiversity within the 200 n.m. Exclusive Economic Zones is largely a matter of coastal state … high seas bottom trawl fisheries is relatively small. The economic value of these fisheries is a fraction of a percent …
Biodiversity for (Bio)technology under the Convention on Biological Diversity: bioprospecting partnership in practice
… microorganisms and other products that possess a current economic value or potential and can be found in our natural … the result of the bioprospecting activity with the economic development of the country. This process began with … were validated by their alkaloid content to explore their economic feasibility. The Chagas Project INBio jointly with …
The Sacred Dimension of Protected Areas: Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the Delos Initiative - Ouranoupolis 2007
… ment model compatible with the environ- mental and economic concerns of the local community. Athos’ mountain … back to the 15th century can also be found there. The main economic activities are wood harvesting and stock raising. An … ex- amined within the context of broader glo- bal socio-economic and spiritual trends. 5 Wild, R. and McLeod, C. …
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
… with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place … Change ecs Extended Continental Shelf eeZ Exclusive Economic Zone efZ Exclusive Fisheries Zone emma Educational … with another on Marine Biodiversity). 3. Design a specific instrument or tool to build, manage and protect a …