The work of the Convention on Biological Diversity on traditional biodiversity related knowledge and of the ad hoc open ended Working Group on Article 8 (j) and Related Provisions

However, due to the close linkages between forests and biological diversity there is considerable scope for strengthening collaboration.

Biological Weapons and related materials

(i) Biological weapons and related materials

It reaffirmed the commitment to respect traditional lifestyles relevant to biological diversity and the need to implement the Convention and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

Rural women are closely associated with local ecological resources and manage biodiversity on a daily basis.

Therefore, the interdependent relationship between biological and cultural diversity constitutes an integral part of the work of the Convention.

F of decision VII 16 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention), which, among other things, incorporate biodiversity related issues into environmental assessments.

There are requirements concerning the harmlessness of food products, including mineral water, genetically modified organisms, alcoholic beverages, etc.

In addition, traditional knowledge is an important component of the thematic programmes of work on agricultural biodiversity, forest biological diversity, marine and coastal ecosystems, inland waters, and dry and sub humid lands established by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.

Codes of Conduct Relevant to the Life Sciences or Biotechnology Which Do Not Refer to Biological and Toxin Weapons

Recalling the relevant provisions of the Convention on Biological DiversityUnited Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1760, No. 30619. as well as the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity,See UNEP CBD ExCOP 1 3 and Corr.1, part two, annex.

The Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted international guidelines on biological diversity and tourism in 2004.

Offer is analogous to that of Biodiversity Secretariat

20. Underscores the need to take into account relevant articles of the Convention on Biological Diversity United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1760, No. 30619.

It is also an issue that is connected to other marine environmental, economic and health problems, including the possible distribution of toxic substances, the destruction of marine habitats and biodiversity, and the transfer of invasive species.

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

An indigenous expert from Canada reported on a lack of attention to the promotion of and protection of indigenous traditional knowledge in biodiversity related legislation dealing with species at risk.

A) Controls of BW including related materials (pp. 12 13)

(b) environment includes natural resources, both abiotic and biotic, such as air, water, soil, fauna and flora and the interaction between the same factors, and the characteristic aspects of the landscape

11. Mr. Juma (Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity), introducing the report of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (A 52 441, Annex) said that the Conference of the Parties had thus far adopted decisions dealing with marine and coastal biological diversity, agricultural biological diversity and forest biological diversity.

Research in traditional medicine and IKS Plant biotechnology, Biosciences, biology and health related issues (malaria, HIV AIDS vaccine research.

The Opportunities programme includes the following orientations It contributes to human development through comprehensive measures.

Although it was recognized that States had sovereign rights over their own biological and genetic resources, there was a call for international cooperation and implementation of the relevant international instruments, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Regarding the relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and TRIPS, developing countries have called for bringing TRIPS in line with the Convention, while developed countries suggest that the two agreements could be interpreted as complementary and mutually supportive in their existing forms.

2. Designates the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity as the focal point for the International Year of Biodiversity, and invites the secretariat to cooperate with other relevant United Nations bodies, multilateral environmental agreements, international organizations and other stakeholders, with a view to bringing greater international attention to bear on the issue of the continued loss of biodiversity

We studied the biota, the ancient biota, the current farming and the protocols.

CBD CBD Financial Statements.

Although it was recognized that States had sovereign rights over their own biological and genetic resources, there was a call for international cooperation and implementation of the relevant international instruments, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the Convention on Biological Diversity.

5. Notes the establishment of the Heads of Agencies Task Force on the 2010 Biodiversity Target, as well as the convening of the first meeting of the Chairpersons of the scientific advisory bodies of the biodiversity related conventions and the Rio Conventions aimed at enhancing scientific and technical collaboration for achieving the 2010 biodiversity target

What he understood was that biological diversity crop diversity is the biological foundation of agriculture.

Recalling its resolution 54 221 of 22 December 1999 on the Convention on Biological DiversitySee United Nations Environment Programme, Convention on Biological Diversity (Environmental Law and Institution Programme Activity Centre), June 1992. and other relevant resolutions, including its resolution 49 119 of 19 December 1994, in which it proclaimed 29 December, the date of the entry into force of the Convention, the International Day for Biological Diversity,

In that context, coordination of work among the bodies dealing with the conventions on climate change, biological diversity and desertification was essential.

UNEP, through its biodiversity arm at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), has produced a number of assessments focusing on species and ecosystems biodiversity including

53. Notes the scientific and technical work under the Convention on Biological Diversity relating to marine and coastal biodiversity

For related legislation, see the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Export Control of Dual use Biological Agents and Related Equipment and Technologies.

The rapid depletion of not only large predatory fish but also associated species, such as sea turtles and cetaceans, by industrial longline fishing threaten the very existence of their ways of life.

Notes the work under the Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity, and the Convention on Biological Diversity elaborated programme of work on marine and coastal biological diversity

Relevance

For China's national legal framework and enforcement measures with regard to accounting for the production or use of biological weapons and related materials, as well as to securing the production of biological weapons and related materials, see the Regulations on the Management of Veterinary Medicines.

Progress in the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the marine and freshwater biodiversity targets of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation should be monitored by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, as mandated by the Convention on Biological Diversity, and regularly reported to relevant intergovernmental bodies.

161. In the area of biodiversity, the Open ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Biosafety held three sessions during the past year to continue preparing the groundwork for negotiations on a biosafety protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

For China's enforcement measures with regard to ensuring the physical protection of facilities and materials for, and transport of, biological weapons and related materials, see the General Biosafety Standard for Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories.

That sparkle you're seeing is not luminescence, that's just electronic noise on these super intensified cameras.

What are the trade offs between bioenergy development and biodiversity, food production, water requirements, and so on?