H. Conservation of Antarctic fauna and flora

2001 12 Illicit trafficking in protected species of wild flora and fauna

2003 27 Illicit trafficking in protected species of wild flora and fauna

How can we investigate this flora of viruses that surround us, and aid medicine?

The project is being implemented by Fauna and Flora International, a non governmental organization.

f) Cooperation among Member States in controlling Epidemic Diseases affecting Man, Fauna and the Flora

And in the case of the flora in our gut, these cells may not even be human.

And for this reason, many people eat probiotic yogurt so they can promote a healthy gut flora.

The secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora, however, has.

Water and solid samples, as well as samples of flora and fauna, are also chemically processed and analysed.

Increasing evidence suggests a growing role of organized crime in the trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna.

To broaden the awareness about garbage selection, recycling, organic fertilizer factories, reforestation, reintroduction of endemic species of the fauna and flora.

Various chemicals and other dangerous substances from illegal laboratories are polluting lakes, rivers and seas and are harming both flora and fauna.

A review of scientific and technical aspects of Annex II and of the conservation status of Antarctic fauna and flora was initiated.

(e) Report of the Secretary General on illicit trafficking in protected species of wild flora and fauna (E CN.15 2005 10)

It also passed the Environmental Crimes Law in 1998 to expand sanctions in its legal system for crimes against flora in particular.

The Assembly will now hear an address by Mrs. Virginia Vargas, Founding Director and Executive Board Member of the Flora Tristan Centre for Peruvian Women.

Purpose so that we start them for agriculture, for medicine, for whatever, and for science, for the study of the flora and the change of the forest.

Adopting an interactive approach, the exhibit will portray the unique fauna and flora of desert ecosystems, as well as the adaptation strategies developed by their respective communities.

It was stressed that there was a need for a more comprehensive approach that would include awareness raising and education in fighting trafficking in flora and fauna.

This is in part the result of haphazard reporting by States to the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

(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

Adopting an interactive approach the exhibit aims at portraying in an interactive manner the unique fauna and flora of these ecosystems as well as the adaptation strategies developed by its communities.

Saudi Arabia further states that the soot degraded the desert ecosystems and that this continues to pose risks to livestock, flora and fauna that rely on the water in these basins.

(b) regulate and control water utilization with a view to achieving sufficient and continuous supply of water for, inter alia, the maintenance of natural life supporting systems and aquatic fauna and flora

Annex II to the Madrid Protocol covers the conservation of Antarctic fauna and flora, including their protection, the introduction of non native species or diseases, exchange of information and specially protected species.

Some speakers emphasized the seriousness of trafficking in flora and fauna, raising concern about the increased involvement of transnational organized criminal groups in those activities, as well as their environmental, economic and social consequences.

The Government had taken a number of measures to implement its national sustainable development strategy and to strengthen the legislative framework to protect threatened species of flora and fauna, genetic resources and indigenous knowledge.

Morocco proposes that the words the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora be added after the words United Nations Environment Programme and that the first phrase should be deleted.

Some speakers pointed to evolving criminal activity that also deserved attention, especially in developing countries, including trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora and diverse forestry products and organized looting of genetic resources.

With regard to illicit trafficking in protected species of wild flora and fauna, it was noted that such activities posed a significant threat to the protection of the environment and in particular to endangered species.

At the end of the paragraph, the following language should be added in particular, by urging States to consider signing, ratifying and implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora .

Some of these companies in the field involve the population in the management of natural resources, concretely the flora and the fauna, as it is the case of the management of the animal reserves for the population.

A small country with a wealth of flora and fauna, Costa Rica had acceded to many international, regional and subregional environmental protection instruments and sought to strike a balance between its environmental protection and poverty reduction efforts.

Reference was made to the report of the Secretary General on the subject (E CN.15 2005 10), which provided information on efforts at the national level to protect wild flora and fauna, including through more effective law enforcement.

We also encourage the International Seabed Authority to undertake the necessary measures with regard to the protection of the flora and fauna of the seabed, as provided for in article 145 of the Convention on the Law of the Sea.

While the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is a critical component of controlling some species of endangered timber, it is not feasible to extend its ambit to cover the whole illegal logging industry.

Major contributors reporting by the publication deadline included the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Fund for International Development of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Although parties to the Convention are obliged to adjust their national legislation in order to criminalize the illegal trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora, not all of them have established the appropriate legal framework to comply with that obligation.

Deeply concerned about the destruction of fauna and flora in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction, Costa Rica refrained from any destructive fishing practices such as bottom trawling and supported the adoption of a moratorium on the practice in all oceans and seas.

It is also noted that the classification of offences relating to trafficking in protected species of wild flora and fauna among serious crimes in the domestic legal order would further facilitate the application of the provisions of the Organized Crime Convention in this field.

Researchers, scholarly institutions and museums shall not publish information obtained from indigenous peoples or the results of research conducted on flora, fauna, microbes or materials discovered through the assistance of indigenous peoples without obtaining their free, prior and informed consent to the citation or publication.

In view of the forecasted tourism growth and consequent need for new facilities, it is crucial that their siting, design and construction take into account and minimize the potential negative impacts on the effective functioning of ecosystems and the potential loss of fauna and flora.

Measures must also be taken to halt the disturbing decline in fauna and flora at all levels in order to progress towards the 2010 targets under the Convention on Biological Diversity, and to provide all necessary assistance for that purpose to the developing countries.

Venezuela is also party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the Convention on Biological Diversity, which we consider to be the appropriate legal framework for regulating the conservation and the use of biological diversity in all its aspects.