Side Event

Elements for Sui Generis Systems: Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage and Customary Laws in Peru, Panama, India, China and Kenya.

Organizer
IIED, ANDES, Fundacion Dobbo-Yala, Ecoserve, Herbal and Folklore Research Centre, Centre for Indigenous Farming Systems, Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy, SEAPRI/ICIPE and KEFRI

Date and Time
25 January 2006 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (WG8J 4)

To present key lessons for the development of sui generis systems, based on research with indigenous and local communities on customary laws and practices relating to the management and protection of traditional knowledge and genetic resources - rice, potatoes, maize & medicinal plants