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Food and Agriculture Organization (2017), Analyzing the benefits of implementing the IPPC

… in any way. All requests for translation and adaptation rights, and for resale and other commercial use rights should … parties. These require- ments include costs, equipment, human resources and the good will among countries. Technical … started to boom (UNU, 2016). Although seaweed is not a new human food source, its production has increased ex- …
02 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… special regard being given to the requirements of vital human needs.” According to a “statement of understanding” … that negotiated the UN Convention, “ in determining ‘vital human needs,’ special attention is to be paid to providing sufficient water to sustain human life, including both drinking water and water required …
02 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region

… of appropriate solutions to the serious adverse effects on human health and the environment derived from the production, … perspective, and considering the core importance of the human rights dimension, insisted in shaping a text that addressed …
02 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… . . . . . 409 4.6 Impacts and effects of ocean warming on human health (disease) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … has provided humans with an unprecedented level of human betterment and well-being. We live longer and at … has been borne out as the consequences of increasing human activities have indeed injected vast quantities of heat …
02 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

The Law of the Sea

… the mid-twentieth century, international competition over rights to harvest fisheries in outside of territorial waters … as harm to living resources and marine life hazard to human health, hindrance to marine activities, including … environment; Article 193 which preserves the sovereign rights of states to exploit their own natural resources …
02 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Increasing marine protected area coverage for effective marine biodiversity conservation

… ocean are occurring at rapid or unsustainable rates and human impacts have reached the distant polar regions and the … habitats, ecosystem services and biodiversity that support human life; MINDFUL that scientific evidence supports full … 30% of which has no extractive activities, subject to the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities4, by: a. …
02 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Guidelines for public use measurement and reporting at parks and protected areas

… funds are dedicated to assisting, supporting and managing human use. Much of a reserve’s planning and development activities are centered on human factors. The same information needed by managers is … waters, persons engaged in the pursuit of specific legal rights such as subsistence hunting, fishing, or native …
02 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Towards a Representative Network of Marine Protected Areas in Libya

… IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by … endemism of marine species and habitats. In relation to human occupation of the Mediterranean coasts over thousands … species and habitats are increasingly under threat from human activities, and in particular at the present time from …
02 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Gender Action Plan of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BRS-GAP) for 2016-2017

… women and men (gender equality) refers to the equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of women and men … as women. Equality between women and men is seen both as a human rights issue and as a precondition for, and indicator … Global Monitoring Plan included bio monitoring of human milk for persistent organic pollutants: …
02 Jun 2026 Document

Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang

… of the Convention on Biological Diversity 2012. All Rights Reserved. Front cover photographs: Left – Photograph: … on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) under the World Trade Organization in the mid … this mismatch without compromising ABS principles, human rights, scientifi c advancement and economic …
02 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity