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Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… a Global Information System on PGRFA, including a periodic assessment of the state of the world’s PGRFA. Of particular … Moreover, farmers would not be able to spread the risk of crop failure or experiment with and refine crop … diversity and areas where plant genetic diversity is at risk, as well as the state of ex situ and national …
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Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty

… to third parties. These restrictions pursue to avoid the risk that the third party will acquire the samples without … co-existing requirement may be the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or related instrument. 2.4 IPR-related … to the broad scope of the definition and created a risk of confusion. The development of the definition of …
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Regional Fisheries Instruments and Bodies

… which deal with a wide range of issues, such as stock assessment, compliance and allocation. The Secretariat is … removals of toothfish in recent years indicate a serious risk of over- exploitation of some or all stocks, the annual …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development

… and expertise were cited. There was a need for impact assessment studies to be made before funding and for the … Heritage” in 1983 (168 pp) and the Office of Technology Assessment “Wetlands: their Use and Regulation” in 1984 (208 … done’ and ‘what should not be done’. Otherwise there is a risk of drafting one more mere ‘declaration of good intent’ …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… legislation on areas such as environmental impact assessment, access to environmental information, … (LRTAP), Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment and the Aarhus Convention on Access to … the funding basis for the UN Environment Programme may risk to remain uncertain, unstable and unpredictable. As a …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

The Funding Strategy of the International Treaty

… living off marginal lands are disproportionally at risk in terms of their ability to generate decent incomes and … This reliance on a narrow genetic base increases the risk of production losses associated with climate change and …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world

… knowledge and capacity.12 This may open them to the risk of a State-imposed penalty. It may also result in … of Congress, in the event of epidemic which represents a risk for their population or in the interest of Brazilian … activities. http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloa ds/vn_flegt_assessment_report _en.pdf Techera, E. (2010). Legal …
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Glossary of terms for negotiators of multilateral environmental agreements

… the conduct of cultural, environmental and social impact assessment regarding developments proposed to take place on, … of the views expressed by delegates and his/her subjective assessment of the sense of the meeting. Contact Group A group … be used as a reason for postponing action where there is a risk of serious or irreversible harm to the environment or …
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Lessons learnt in the establishment and management of protected areas by indigenous and local communities in South Asia. TILCEPA report

… 1979. 9 Wells, M.P. (1994). A Profile and Interim Assessment of the Annapurna Conservation Project. In Western, …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates

… on as many aspects of each species as possible and the assessment of the impact of the Icnown trade on the Icnown … particularly those in mainland France, are at risk due to the extremely localized distribution. About 103 … Eggs laid in October and November are particularly at risk from flooding (Hildebrand, 1985). Sand beaches are …
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