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The Ecosystem Approach: Island voices Island choices
… key informants globally – both within and outside the traditional environmental community – and began scoping the … and services derived from biodiversity, protection of traditional knowledge, ensuring the fair and equitable … and only one hospital for the entire country, which has no medicine, so we have only plants and herbs.” Figure 5. Most …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… 91 ARTICLE 7 ACCESS TO TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC RESOURCES … 131 ARTICLE 12 TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC RE- SOURCES … plant are substance of the content in the product (natural medicine, natural cosmetics, dietary supplement) NOTE: no …
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
… and technological innovation across areas as diverse as medicine and energy. 16. Almost 15 years ago, the Millennium … from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, as internationally agreed 2.a Increase …
Governance of Ecosystem Services. Lessons Learned from Cameroon, China, Costa Rica and Ecuador
… or codified law of a country, and also of customary law, traditional rules and norms (customs) that may prevail in … and habitats, together with associated cultural values and traditional natural resource management systems. They are … which human activities are allowed in different areas. Traditional zoning is concerned with avoiding negative …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… parties to realize Farmers’ Rights, by (a) protecting traditional knowledge relevant to plant genetic resources for … and the sustainable use of biodiversity; recognition of traditional knowledge; trade; sustainable economic growth and … relatives are expected to play a critical role in food, medicine and energy production in the near future. The FAO’s …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… taking into account not just scientific knowledge, but traditional and local knowledge, and incorporating under- … the outset to recognise the character of a principle. The traditional concept of a legal principle is that it provides … rely on biological resources for food, traditional medicine, fuel, building materials, ornaments, pets, …
Economic measures for biodiversity planning: An annotated bibliography of methods, experiences and cases
… of forest stock and soil erosion. The results show that traditional measures overstate the value of the agricultural … of environmental degradation. It reviews and criticises traditional approaches to resource economics and instead … major conservation objectives at a lower cost than traditional approaches. Coverage: Global Topics: Incentive …
Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services
… watershed services. Most schemes to date have relied on traditional sources of funding. These include taxpayer … services that could be used to replace or augment traditional sources of public or international donor funding. … services that could be used to replace or augment traditional sources of public or international donor funding …