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The convention on biological diversity: Ensuring gender-sensitive implementation
The convention on biological diversity: Ensuring gender-sensitive implementation
Author:Germany Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ). (2002).
This document contains a description of the gender-specific challenges involved in implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity and the experience gained by German cooperation in this area. This document considers key issues regarding biodiversity from a gender perspective, the inter-dependency between gender and biodiversity in CBD work programs, changes in rules governing access to genetic resources, other legally binding international agreements on gender and biological diversity, and recommendations for how a gender perspective needs to be incorporated into the CBD.