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Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General

… Protocol to the 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, … is the variability of living systems. It comprises genetic, species and ecosystem diversity. Its usage in … (November 2011); Tom Conway, “Building capacity for resource mobilization: improving the financial conditions for …
25 May 2026 Document

Final: Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment

… Protocol to the 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, … is the variability of living systems. It comprises genetic, species and ecosystem diversity. Its usage in … (November 2011); Tom Conway, “Building capacity for resource mobilization: improving the financial conditions for …
25 May 2026 Document

Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Primer for Auditors

… It is hoped that this publication will serve as a useful resource for auditors worldwide in the area of MEAs and … natural resources – such as wildlife, air and the marine environment. Examples include the 1971 Convention on … sharing of the benefits arising out of the  utilization of genetic resources, taking into  …
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State of Biodiversity in West Asia

… commercially used for medicinal purposes (EOAR, 2010).3 Marine resources represent a major source of protein for … monoculture production at the expense of other important genetic resources. State of Biodiversity in West Asia | 6 … are preserving them. The benefits of biodiversity as a resource which underpins ecosystem services and the potential …
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Case Study - Opportunities provided by the Nagoya Protocol in specific cases of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agricultural sector

… Bahamas The Bahamas (provider): Salinispora tropica is a marine actinomycete bacteria, until now exclusively found in … The University of California filed patents on the genetic resource and potential medicinal uses of the biomolecule. …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Advancing the Species Conservation Agenda. An overview of the IUCN SSC Network 2009 – 2012

… conservation and the sustainability of natural resource use. In particular, SSC and its worldwide network … a serious escalation in rhino poaching; Costa Rica on marine turtle conservation; Argentina concerning draft … human- elephant conflict; illegal killing; and the genetic and demographic problems faced by small isolated …
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Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

… and Natural Heritage, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and International … and least developed countries of the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of … product”. In failing to consider the environmental and resource management dimension of fisheries, the indicator …
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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… in Sri Lanka 40 Air Pollution 40 Water Pollution and Water Resource Management 41 Soil Pollution 44 Noise Pollution 44 … 50 Disasters 52 Biodiversity and Protected Areas 53 Marine and Coastal Environment 56 1.3.2 Transboundary … influence on vulnerability to some diseases than internal genetic factors.23 In Sri Lanka, there are no statistics that …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter of … for the protection of local ecosystems, for sound natural resource management, and for the broader effort to achieve … “FPIC”) with respect to the use of their knowledge and the genetic resources on which they rely. In the words of article …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Biodiversity Planning Law. International and National

… ment and population pressures on both terrestrial and marine environments, there is an urgent need for improved … sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. Strategy: Promote, in consultation and … have arisen from con- flicts between environmental and resource conservation and the need for rapid economic growth …
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