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Convention on Biological Diversity
About: Convention on Biological Diversity is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2232 publications have been published within this topic receiving 65599 citations. The topic is also known as: CBD & United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
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01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: The authors surveys the challenges facing coastal and marine environments in Sub-Saharan Africa and describes the World Bank's strategy for supporting sustainable development in the sector and outlines an agenda for guiding investment and capacity building in support of sustainable development.
Abstract: This publication surveys the challenges facing coastal and marine environments in Sub-Saharan Africa and describes the World Bank's strategy for supporting sustainable development in the sector. Social change and ecosystem degradation are affecting coastal and marine areas around the world, not least in Sub-Saharan Africa. The crisis affecting the region's coastal and marine areas requires an immediate and concerted response by the global community. There is significant scope for larger and more coordinated investments to address the serious inequities and impoverishment in coastal communities and to improve the long-term viability of the coastal ecosystems on which these communities depend. In line with these Bank-wide and regional strategies, this report outlines an agenda for guiding investment and capacity building in support of sustainable development in the sensitive and threatened ecosystems of Sub-Saharan Africa's coastal and marine areas.
16 citations
TL;DR: Suggestions are made for the inclusion of a fuller set of indicators to ensure that impact and sustainability can be monitored comprehensively at different levels of scale.
16 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the approach adopted by the author and his colleagues in India to promote a community-led integrated gene management system, which can implement effectively the triple goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity, namely conservation, sustainable use and equitable sharing of benefits.
Abstract: Species extinction and gene erosion are still widespread in spite of numerous national and international efforts and conventions. It is now clear that only through symbiotic partnerships between local communities and civil society organizations, industrial enterprises, and government and academic institutions that we can implement effectively the triple goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity, namely conservation, sustainable use and equitable sharing of benefits. This paper describes the approach adopted by the author and his colleagues in India to promote a community-led integrated gene management system.
15 citations
TL;DR: The market mechanisms intended to facilitate lower-cost realization of the Kyoto Protocol's goals of lowering net emission of greenhouse gases can also help advance the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity as mentioned in this paper.
15 citations
TL;DR: The International Pollinator Initiative (IPI) as discussed by the authors is an initiative of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to recognize pollination as a key driver in the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem function within its Agricultural Biological Diversity programme.
Abstract: The concerns about pollinator decline worldwide over recent decades have now been acknowledged internationally at the highest level. The Convention on Biological Diversity has recognized pollination as a key driver in the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem function within its Agricultural Biological Diversity programme. At the recent sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the convention, the International Pollinator Initiative was approved. The Plan of Action for the initiative is a challenging one not only for pollination scientists but for funding bodies and policy makers alike.
15 citations