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"An overview of the international regulatory frameworks that influence the conservation and use of underutilized plant species" was prepared by the Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species (GFU), in cooperation with the Genetic Resources Policy Initiative (GRPI). This publication is an effort...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2008
An Act to provide for sustainable environmental protection and management of natural resources, to allocate administrative responsibility for the management of environmental matters; to give effect to Antigua and Barbuda’s treaty obligations with respect to the environment and to provide the framework...
Category: Legislation and policies, Directives
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2019
The purpose of this Act, consisting of 319 sections divided into seventeen Parts and completed by one Schedule, is to conserve and protect biodiversity and biodiversity components in the State; and to promote the ecologically sustainable use of biodiversity components in the State. In the pursuit of...
Category: Legislation and policies, Directives
Regions: South West Pacific
Publication year: 2016
These Regulations, consisting of 168 sections divided into 13 Parts and eleven Schedules, regulate the following sectors under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016: Listing of native species, ecological communities and threatening processes; Critical habitats; Licensing scheme; Protection and management...
Category: Legislation and policies, Directives
Regions: South West Pacific
Publication year: 2018
This publication seeks to identify a balanced approach to the components of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) of genetic resources under the Capacity Development Initiative for Africa for the purpose of making it functional and implementable at both a national and international level. It presents several...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2009