Side Event
Enhancing Implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020: Strengthening the Linkages between Biodiversity Planning and Access and Benefit Sharing
Organizer
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Date and Time
7 June 2011 13:15 - 14:45
Although access and benefit sharing (ABS) is one of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), implementation at the national level has varied widely between countries. A global assessment of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) completed by the UNU-IAS in 2010 found that ABS had not been well integrated into in NBSAPs which are supposed to be the main instrument for implementing the CBD at national level. The side event will explore options for strengthening linkages between NBSAPs and ABS. It will provide an overview of the CBD's new 10-year framework for achieving its goals - the Strategic Plan, and one of the vehicles for achieving the Strategic Plan - the Japan Biodiversity Fund (JBF). It will discuss how the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources can provide innovative funding for national and local biodiversity management. It will discuss how national governments have made the links between ABS and NBSAPs in policies and institutions and also how both provider and user countries are preparing for the national implementation of the ABS Protocol.