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WTO Panel Report on the "EC-Biotech" Case: Considerations for Trade and Development"
… GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS 6. In 2006, the global area of GM-crops reached 102 million hectares, with a 60-fold … which grew more than 40 per cent of the global GM–crop area, and 10 industrialized countries; they were, in order of … Slovakia. 7. The largest absolute increase in biotech crop area in 2006 was in the United States, followed by India and …
Ecological connectivity on the north coast of the Alboran Sea
… Sea forms part of the Mediterranean, a basin that is protected by international commitments such as the … Action Plan or the Network of Managers of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean; AWARE of the Alboran … that have been only partially modified and are not legally protected, as well as the urgent need to restore habitats …
Water Management and Stewardship
… concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation … no incentive for holders of senior water rights, which are protected in law, to adopt water use efficiency measures. As … productivity in Australia by 36% cent from 2000 to 2005, protected and created industries, and developed a large …
Introduced Non-native Waterbirds - Status within the African-Eurasian Flyways
… Status of Introduced Non-Native Waterbird Species in the Area of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement: … more than five times in the last 20 years. Map of the AEWA area © UNEP/AEWA Secretariat A further 27 species were … has been highly successful. All 60 individuals within the area were eradicated through the process of egg pricking and …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, art. 11; Arab … on Human Rights Defenders), including the right to be protected in their work and the right to strive for the … matters. States must ensure that these rights are protected whether they are being exercised within structured …
UNEP - Our Planet Magazine - Making Our Future Chemical Safe - Edition from Sept 2015
… Future Chemical-Safe Chemicals are used in almost every area of the world economy. The future of sustainable … of mercury waste, we take the lead in the waste management area of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership. With this … trade. Europe, Asia and the North American Free Trade Area account for nearly 93 per cent of world chemical sales. …
Tackling, poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa
… through a multi-tiered effort: • AWF supports the work of protected area authorities and other antipoaching efforts on the … Makgadigadi National Park. This will keep elephants within protected areas and will have the added benefit of minimizing …
The three pillars of the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… any movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes: from an area under the national jurisdiction of one State to or through an area under the national jurisdiction of another State, or to or though an area not under the national jurisdiction of any State, …