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Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… effort will be needed to achieve this target. The loss of genetic diversity, species and ecosystems is proceeding apace … plants, animals and micro-organisms are considered at the genetic, species/community and ecosystem/ habitat levels, and … or the maximum allowable disturbance level of a resource, population, or ecosystem, taking into account the …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture OECD … i. International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA); … and gender equality, and address land and other resource rights affecting food security and nutrition‐ all …
Access to and Transfer of Technology
… and sustainable use of biological diversity or make use of genetic resources and do not cause significant damage to the … use of biological diversity or that make use of genetic resources. 2. The wording of the paragraph provides … those that are developing countries, which provide genetic resources, are provided access to and transfer of …
Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment
… principles of benefit sharing, i.e. in the context of genetic resources. In addition, there is some suggestion in … practices and promoting uncontrolled systems of resource exploitation. It is thus crucial that conflict … (Mar. 17, 2010) (admissibility decision). Box 2: Access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of …
Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions
… Protocol on Biosafety Nagoya Protocol on ABS plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: benefit-sharing … and of ecosystems. • "Biological resources" includes genetic resources, organisms or parts thereof, populations, … with actual or potential use or value for humanity. • "Genetic resources" means genetic material of actual or …
Additional Reading - Strategic Plan 2011-2020, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets
… of biodiversity by safeguarding ecosystems, species and genetic diversity By 2020, at least 17 per cent of … in decline, has been improved and sustained. By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated plants and farmed and … the consolidated and agreed process in the Strategy for Resource Mobilization should increase substantially from the …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… armed conflict, patterns of international trade and resource utilization . Part VII contains and develops the … biological diversity, including species diversity, genetic diversity within species, and ecosystem diversity, … equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources, including through biotechnology with …
Case Study - Opportunities provided by the Nagoya Protocol in specific cases of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agricultural sector
… The University of California filed patents on the genetic resource and potential medicinal uses of the biomolecule. … provisions must cover possible changes of ownership over genetic resources, derivatives, information and IPR through …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… the protective function of ecosystems 3.1.3 Importance of genetic diversity for food security and livelihoods … reduction, the role of their constituents i.e. species and genetic diversity in reducing risk has been given less … Ecosystem management practices such as integrated water resource management and protected area management must …