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More policies and laws, is it better for biodiversity conservation in Malaysia?
Malaysia is a megadiverse country, and it ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1994. Since then, Malaysia has initiated procedures to fulfill its obligations to this multilateral environmental agreement. Among the key developments are
Pei Sin Tong
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The advances in the field of biotechnology (and bioengineering) over the past decades has allowed the precise development of new products across the agricultural, environmental, and pharmaceutical sectors.
Tlou Samuel Masehela, Eugenia Barros
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Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity [PDF]
Review of UNEP program activities in support of the Convention on Biological Diversity and of the implementation of the decisions of the First Conference of the Parties to the Convention.
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In 2004, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) addressed a United Nations (UN) call for area‐based planning, including for marine‐protected areas that resulted in a global effort to describe ecologically or biologically significant ...
N. Bax +6 more
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Urban ecosystems provide diverse habitats for plants and animals. Policies can protect these ecosystems. To do this, policy frameworks need robust datasets to monitor and report on trends. Citizen science (CS) projects can make a valuable contribution by
Silke L. Voigt-Heucke +2 more
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Who Owns Biological Diversity? A Brief Description of the Debate over the Rights to Biological Diversity in the North-South Context [PDF]
For a long time, the genetic resources and biological diversity of all types of living organisms on the Earth were considered the common heritage of all of humanity.
Baier, Alexandra, Tappeser, Beatrix
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Taxonomic bias and international biodiversity conservation research
While greater research on threatened species alone cannot ensure their protection, understanding taxonomic bias may be helpful to address knowledge gaps in order to identify research directions and inform policy. Using data for over 10 000 animal species
Michael R. Donaldson +6 more
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Synergy between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UNFCCC in China
The Convention on Biological Diversity and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are the two most important environmental conventions for biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation.
Yue Hu, Ye Chen, Shu-Hong Wu
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Implementation of Access and Benefit Sharing in Indonesia: Review and Case Studies
The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) was adopted in 2010, but parties have been facing many challenges to implement the protocol. The objective of this paper was to provide information on the current status of the ABS implementation ...
Ani Mardiastuti
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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), adopted in 1992 and entered into force at the end of 1993, established a global regime on access to genetic resources (GR) and sharing of benefits arising from their utilization (Access and Benefit Sharing ...
N. Pauchard
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