Estimates of moisture/water stress are based on recent rainfall compared with historical observations using the Percentile (Decile) Index. A division is listed once at the highest station alert within that division.
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic
Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing
of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to
the Convention on Biological Diversity seeks
to provide legal transparency and improved
outcomes when biological resources and
associated traditional knowledge are
researched, developed and commercialised.
Since 1974, the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans (RSCAPs) Programme has evolved to consist of eighteen unique instruments for enhancing marine environmental cooperation tailored to regional specificites that are strategically placed to respond to the urgent call for securing planetary health.
Each action plan meeting was held on a different consecutive day for 4 hours. The format was a series of expert or country presentations followed by breakout room discussions with participants asked to do consider specific questions posed during these discussions.
