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Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… consumers or second- generation creators may access and use intellectual property products for socially valuable … are the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, the fair and equitable … with other public and private entities, to promote sustainable agriculture in developing nations. With respect …
The human right to water and sanitation
… do not have access to basic sanitation (World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002); ALSO AWARE of … the competence of a society to ensure the development of sustainable water resources and the implementation of … and conserves nature” and mission to ensure that “any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically …
Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas for safeguarding biodiversity
… researchers, scientists etc. 3. INVITES governments to: a. use KBAs to support the identification of sites for … effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs); c. use the coverage of KBAs by protected areas and OECMs as an indicator for Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 and Sustainable Development Goals 14 and 15; d. use KBAs for …
Patents and clean energy technologies in Africa
… (1980 – 2009) 82 Annex 12 Brief summary of "Other use" allowable under Art. 31 of TRIPS 84 ACROnYMS 86 … UNEP, the EPO and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) proved an apt model for the … also raised in the Rio +20 United Nations Con- ference on Sustainable Development in June 2012. The present study aims …
Combatting the illegal poisoning of wildlife
… including General Assembly Resolutions 8.12 Limitation of use of pesticides in National Parks (Nairobi, 1963), 10.27 … health, including responsible pesticide use to support sustainable food production and security; ALSO AWARE that … conflicts of various types and that to prevent poisoning, sustainable solutions need to be found for such underlying …
Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment
… and complementary objectives that are at the core of sustainable development. The mutually supportive nature of … resources to advance equitable, human-rights-based and sustainable development. The linkages between human rights … the environment. Such measures, including planning or land use laws and environmental impact assessment or risk …
Environmental education and how to naturalise the spaces in educational centres for healthy development and a better childhood connection with nature
… and functioning; AWARE that social changes towards sustainable development require more complex processes than … so that future generations can take on and understand the sustainable management of natural resources; OBSERVING that … Education and Communication to urge the State Members to use all means necessary to make children's day-to-day …
Conservation of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and its threatened waterbirds
… conversion of intertidal wetlands to other forms of land use in the EAAF (faster than the rate of tropical forest … of the intertidal zone by embracing the principles of sustainable development and specifically by fully considering … and particularly those around the Yellow Sea, to find sustainable means of managing intertidal wetlands that meet …
Management and regulation of selective intensive breeding of large wild mammals for commercial purposes
… commercial purposes RECOGNISING that responsible wildlife use is a component of sustainable socio-economic development, especially in dryland … in developing countries, and that responsible wildlife use and conservation are interdependent; OBSERVING that …