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Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0

… tested, and whether the first choice Strategy needs to be modified or replaced. This process of assessment should be … Text modified with permission from NatureServe’s Ecosystem-based … found in different habitats or remote locations will be genetically more differentiated than those found in close …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues

… over an agreed transition period while maintaining a modified version of it for so-called 107 July Package, para. … individuals within a species which forms a permanent and genetically distinguishable variety while a variety is a … let us examine the possibilities of what the term "micro-organism" would mean. According to the Concise Oxford …
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Global Land Outlook

… the world but, at the same time, is based on monocultures, genetically modified crops, and the intensive use of fertilizers and … the laboratory. One specific type of GMO is a transgenic organism which has been altered by the addition of genetic …
18 Jun 2026 Literature

Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures

… most of the species occurring in the Mediterranean Sea are genetically isolated and have little gene flow with their … (line) and/or in the same range as reproductive females. (Modified from Fossi et al., 2004a.; For the color version of … water therefore 1 An alien species is defined as an organism, inclusive of parts, gametes or propagules that may …
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Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD

… field of the safe transfer, handling and use of any living modified organism resulting from biotech- nology that may have adverse … that an enormous volume of patent applications mention genetically described bio- logical sources.164 An even larger …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… for release and import activities involving living modified organisms, and the exportation and contained use … to reverse the consequences of such intervention. Once genetically modified material has been released into the … process and certification. The regulation affirms that genetically modified organisms and those obtained through …
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Fact sheet - The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… to ensure the safe transport, handling and use of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology … involves modifying the genetic material of an organism with the aim of developing or improving one or more … to sustainable development, there are concerns that living modified organisms resulting from biotechnology may have …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper

… Ecosystem: a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment, … conservation, some of them potentially compatible if modified (for example, sustainable forestry, grazing of … excluded. It is true that this approach is being gradually modified, particularly in developing countries by the …
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Guide explicatif du Traité International sur les Ressources Phytogénétiques pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture

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Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… in pharmaceutical utilization) The function of an organism or its parts serve as a model (e.g., mimics in … (metabolite) produced as a result of the expression of an organism’s genetic makeup. ! A chemical compound produced by … Figure 4: Understanding Genetic Resources A biological organism – e.g. plant, animal, microbe or other unit …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity