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It is important that the Cartagena Protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity recognizes that the impact of introducing GMOs could be gender-differentiated because men and women have different knowledges, needs and vulnerabilities. Women worldwide, and specially women from indigenous groups and local communities, need to have access to information, skills, equipment, regulatory...
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations systems, governments and major groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment. The plan consists of three main sections. These sections are:
- Social and economic dimensions;
- Conservation and management of resources for...
This paper summarises the importance of wetlands in relation to climate change and eaxmines their potential role in the measures for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) under the Kyoto Protocol. The links between REDD concepts and wetlands are explored for the following reasons:
- so that REDD proposals...
The Resolution notes the progress made on sustainable mountain development. Encouragement is give to governments to adopt a long-term vision and holistic approaches in their sustainable development strategies, to promote integrated approaches to policies related to sustainable development in mountain regions and to integrate mountain sustainable development in national, regional and global...
The European Mountain Conventions are an initiative of Euromontana, the European association comprising regional development agencies, agricultural organisations, regional authorities, research institutes, environmental agencies or mountain associations with a strong interest in rural and sustainable development of mountainous areas. This network of organisations covers about 18 countries in...
The author reviews the ICIMOD publication: Sharma, E.; Chettri, N.; Gurung, J.; Shakya, B. (2007) The Landscape Approach in Biodiversity Conservation : A Regional Cooperation Framework for Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Kangchenjunga Landscape, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal
Conservation practice that was launched in Nepal in the early Seventies had...
The Alpine Convention is an international treaty with the aim of the protection and sustainable development of the Alps. It was signed in 1991 by Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and the European Community at Salzburg. Slovenia signed the convention on March the 29th 1993 and Monaco became a party on the basis of a separate additional protocol. The Convention...
The European Mountain Conventions are an initiative of Euromontana, the European association comprising regional development agencies, agricultural organizations, regional authorities, research institutes, environmental agencies or mountain associations with a strong interest in rural and sustainable development of mountainous areas. This network of organizations covers about 18...
The Birds Directive & the Habitats Directive together are the major EU policy instruments for nature conservation and they both demand the creation of a network of sites which together form the Natura 2000 network. Site selection is based on lists of species and habitats of conservation interest given in annexes to both directives. These annexes reflect the biodiversity of the EU at the...
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