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Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… by participating in the review process described above, but also by providing thoughtful verbal or written comments. … community moved from considering genetic resources as a common heritage to recognizing the sovereign rights of States … users, a serious analysis of its underlying causes needs a differentiated and neutral approach. As noted, one problem …
Legal aspects in the implementation of CDM Forestry Principles
… only a tool for policymakers, the report points out that “common sense” solutions are a good way to address the … subject through the lenses of legal and policy experts, but with the aim of assisting non-lawyers. The analysis spans … (1974, modified in 1993 by Law 19.561) which establishes a differentiated system of bonuses and tax exemptions for …
Recycling used lead-acid batteries: health considerations (WHO)
… technical details of environmental sampling methods but refers the reader to other sources. Finally, brief … elevated blood and airborne lead concentrations were common (Gottesfeld & Pokhrel, 2011). In workers involved in … exposure is relatively rare and chronic poisoning is more common; however, the clinical features of poisoning are …
Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang
… wild. Cosmetic companies were using natural ingredients, but mostly for the purposes of marketing rather than as the … microorganisms, or re-collecting marine organisms, were common. Today, however, many supply issues are falling away. … Nagoya Protocol has taken many of these concerns on board. Common concerns have focused on the multiple policies …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… controversial as of the time of compiling this book, but they call for the creation of concepts, measurements, … among providers of genetic resources unless they are differentiated in the marketplace (Artuso 2002). This could, … the material by the provider is, however, an increasingly common practice and we therefore do not attempt to estimate …
Energy law and sustainable development
… be used in national environmental decision-making,17 but EIA was not mentioned in the action plan adopted at the … energy laws. Ultimately, reshaping energy law will be a common challenge met by each human community within Earth's … 2000.68 In response to the FCCC's principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities," the industrialized nations …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… created by rising greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, but despite the remarkable level of understanding achieved to … into an increasingly compromised ocean world. This is a common conclusion by many scientists who have contributed to … blades (B, C, I, K), gelatinous bulbs (H) and highly differentiated structures with holdfasts, stipes and canopies …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… concept. In reality, no pure public good exists, but goods may be quasi-public or have a mixed character. (The … and institutions, public and private, manage their common affairs. It is a continuing process through which … dimensions. In the vertical dimension, institutions are differentiated by a hierarchy of international, national, …