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TOWARDS FAIR AND EQUITABLE BENEFIT-SHARING: KEY ISSUES IN THE ABS NEGOTIATIONS" The panel of speakers will include selected delegations from developing countries, NGOs and indigenous peoples' representatives who will share their perspectives on the key issues that need to be addressed in the fo ...
THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER IN ABS The promotion of gender equity and equality has been pointed out as one of the key elements to sustainable development and poverty alleviation. An analysis of the importance of mainstreaming gender criteria in ABS process will be examine. Suggestions of practical ...
A patent for the first completely human-made species has been applied for - what are the implications for the environment, for intellectual property, etc.?
Indigenous peoples discuss the recent adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the relevant provisions relevant to access and benefit sharing and make suggestions on how these minimum standards should be implemented in an international regime on access a ...
The event will provide a view on the IR from the perspective of Europe's pharmaceutical industry. The event will be based on two seminars organised by EFPIA in 2005 and 2006 which focused on the characteristics of the R&D process and on successful partnerships which some of our member companies ...
Short description of the event This workshop will discuss the concept and practicability of “Community Certificates of Origin” and present experiences from Peru and other regions on the dvelopment of this concept and its relation to the protection of the collective biocultural heritage of Indige ...
While governments fiddle with false solutions like minor adaptations in patent law, biopiracy is growing unabated. All over the world new cases of shameless biopiracy have been reported over the past years. Addressing these problems requires a fundamental review of existing intellectual property ...
The promotion of gender equity and equality has been pointed out as one of the key elements to sustainable development and poverty alleviation. An analysis of the importance of mainstreaming gender criteria in ABS process will be examine. Suggestions of practical ways of addressing gender issue ...
The Activities held under the Dutch-German Capacity Development Initiative for Africa will be presented first-hand by African Participants and Delegates as a basis for a discussion with the audience on the Initiative's future steps : 1. Welcome addresses by Germany, The Netherlands and SCBD ...
Presentation of three new books on ABS: - Cabrera & Lopez, Addressing the Problems of Access: Protecting Sources, While Giving Users Certainty - Tvedt & Young, Beyond Access: Exploring Implementation of the Fair and Equitable Sharing Commitment in the CBD - Ruiz & Lapeña, A Moving Target: Gen ...