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ARTICLE-2: Use of Terms [go to this ARTICLE]
... "Biotechnology" means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. ...
ARTICLE-4: Juridictional Scope [go to this ARTICLE]
... (b) In the case of processes and activities, regardless of where their effects occur, carried out under its jurisdiction or control, within the area of its national jurisdiction or beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. ...
ARTICLE-7: Identification and Monitoring [go to this ARTICLE]
... (c) Identify processes and categories of activities which have or are likely to have significant adverse impacts on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, and monitor their effects through sampling and other techniques; and ...
ARTICLE-8: In-situ Conservation [go to this ARTICLE]
... (l) Where a significant adverse effect on biological diversity has been determined pursuant to Article 7, regulate or manage the relevant processes and categories of activities; and ...
ARTICLE-Annex_I: Identification and Monitoring [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Ecosystems and habitats: containing high diversity, large numbers of endemic or threatened species, or wilderness; required by migratory species; of social, economic, cultural or scientific importance; or, which are representative, unique or associated with key evolutionary or other biological processes; ...