The scheme under the Kyoto Protocol--the clean development mechanism--lets people get credit for little projects here and there, which change the level of emissions that would have existed otherwise.

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Governments need to put the development of new NBSAPs and the signing of the Nagoya Protocol high on their list of priorities, because any delay on these fronts will augur poorly for the achievement of the Aichi Targets.

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"By securing our new features in the protocol and therefore lightening up the application layer, we reduce the guess work, optimize development success and advance the entire market, " added Morris.

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Efforts have been made since 1918 to stamp them out -- through the 1925 Geneva Protocol, which bans their use, and the 1997 Convention on Chemical Weapons, which bans their use, development, production and transfer -- but still some nations stockpile them.

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Within the implementation of the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin (FASRB), the Sava countries drafted the Protocol on Sediment Management to the FASRB, to provide a legal basis for future cooperation of the countries on the development of the Sediment Management Plan for the Sava River Basin (Sava SM Plan).

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