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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 …
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 …
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’ …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …