Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Case Studies

Under various decisions of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Governments, international agencies, research institutions, representatives of indigenous and local communities and non-governmental organizations were invited to submit case studies to the Executive Secretary on different thematic areas and cross-cutting issues. These include case studies related to agricultural biological diversity (decision III/11, paragraphs 10, 11 and annex 3); access to and sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources (decision III/15, paragraph 2(a)); incentive measures leading to benefit-sharing (decision III/18, paragraph 7).

In order to assist the preparation of case studies, the Secretariat developed an indicative outline for case studies on benefit-sharing arrangements available on the web. A synthesis of the findings of case studies received in time for the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties is contained in document UNEP/CBD/COP/4/Inf.7 available in PDF format.

At its sixth meeting, in decision VI/24 on Access and Benefit-sharing as related to genetic resources, in paragraph 6 of section D, the Conference of the Parties requested Parties and relevant organizations to make available to the Executive Secretary: …(b) case studies on the implementation of access and benefit-sharing arrangements. The Conference of the Parties also requested the Executive Secretary to compile the information received and to make it available, through, inter alia, the Clearing House Mechanism.

The case studies received are posted in the format received as well as in PDF format. In cases where Parties or relevant organizations post their case studies on their web-sites, the Secretariat has created the necessary link.

The following table includes case studies received by the Secretariat since COP 3, listed by alphabetical order of the Country for those submitted by Governments under section I, and by alphabetical order of the authors for the case studies under section II:

(27 record(s) found)
Government
1.	Benefit sharing model experimented by Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI), a national center of excellence on tropical plant diversity India Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI)	India Ministry of Environment and Forests (1998)	PDF (0)
2.	Programme test de gestion décentralisée de la pêche dans le Delta Central du Niger au Mali Niger Direction Nationale des Ressources Forestières Fauniques et Halieutiques	République du Mali Ministre du développement rural et de l'eau (1997)	PDF (0)
Non Government
3.	Access and benefit-sharing policies of the United States National Cancer Institute: A comparative account of the discovery and development of the drugs Calanolide and Topotecan United States of America Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	ten Kate, Kerry and Wells, Adrian (1998)	PDF (0)
4.	Access to genetic resources: An evaluation of the development and implementation of recent regulation and access agreements Columbia University	Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Environmental Policy Studies, Working Paper #4 (1999)	PDF (0)
5.	Activities of the International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups program Case study takes place in Latin America and Africa The International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups program (ICBG)	Rosenthal, Joshua P. (1998)	PDF (0)
6.	Bioprospecting in practice: A case study of the Suriname ICBG Project and benefits sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity Suriname	Guerin-McManus, Marianne, Famolare, Lisa M., Bowles, Ian A., Malone, Stanley A.J., Mittermeier, Russel A. and Rosenfeld, Amy B. (1998)	PDF (0)
7.	Botanic Garden's collections and the CBD - Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden case study Brazil Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden Research Institute	Pereira, Tânia Sampaio (1999)	PDF (0)
8.	Case studies from Cameroon: Contrasting benefit-sharing in the pharmaceutical and phytomedical Industries Ancistrocladus korupensis Sustainable harvesting of prunus africana on Mount Cameroon Cameroon	Laird, Sarah and Lisinge, Esterine (1998)	PDF (0)
9.	Communal tenure, motivational dynamics and sustainable wildlife management in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Centre for Applied Social Sciences University of Zimbabwe	Madzudzo, Elias (1998)	PDF (0)
10.	Contractual Regulation of Access to Information on Biodiversity for Scientific and Commercial Use - The Novartis-UZACHI Biolead Project Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich	Ueli Baruffol	PDF (0)
11.	Developing the Philippines' Executive Order No. 247 on Access to Genetic Resources Philippines IIED	Swiderska K., Daño E., Dubois O. (2001)	PDF (0)
12.	Drug development and biodiversity conservation in Africa: Case study of a benefit-sharing plan The International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups program (ICBG)	Iwu, M. and Laird, Sarah A. (1998)	PDF (0)
13.	Experiences with Biodiversity Policy Making and Community Registers in India India IIED	Anuradha R.V., Taneja B. and Kothari A. (2001)	PDF (0)
14.	Genetic Resources Recognition Fund of the University of California, Davis United States of America Royal Botanic Gardens	ten Kate, Kerry and Collis, Amanda (1998)	PDF (0)
15.	Governing Biodiversity, Access to Genetic Resources and Approaches to Obtaining Benefits from their Use: the Case of the Philippines Germany German Development Institute	German Development Institute (2002)	PDF (0)
16.	Mechanisms for benefit sharing: Nigerian case study for the Convention on Biological Diversity Nigeria The Healing Forest Conservancy	Moran, Katy	PDF (0)
17.	Role of a Fijian community in a bioprospecting project Fiji University of the South Pacific	Aalbersberg, William G., Korovulavula, Iso, Parks, Johne E. and Russell, Diane	PDF (0)
18.	Sharing with the Kanis: A case study from Kerala, India India	Anuradha, R.V. (1998)	PDF (0)
19.	Towards a law on the access and use of genetic resources in Mexico Mexico Center for Environmental Law and Economic Integgration of the South	Torres Nachon, Claudio and Cantoe, Gaby, Center for Environmental Law and Economic Integration of the South, DASSUR (1998)	PDF (0)
20.	Yellowstone National Park and the Diversa Corporation Inc. United States of America Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	ten Kate, Kerry, Touche, Laura and Collis, Amanda (1998)	PDF (0)
21.	IFAD: Global AgriKnowledge Share Fair A good example which could be expanded to broader biodiversity scope		WEB LINK
22.	OECD Biotechnology Update (Newsletter)		WEB LINK
Government
23.	New approach to benefit sharing in bioprospecting Australia Australian Institute of Marine Science	Australia Evans-Illidge, E. A. and Murphy, P. T., Australian Institute of Marine Science (1999)	PDF (0)
Non Government
24.	Bioprospecting: The impossibility of a successful case without a cartel Inter-American Commission on Biodiversity and Sustainable Development	Vogel, Joseph Henry (1996)	PDF (0)
25.	South Africa's Experience in Developing a Policy on Biodiversity and Access to Genetic Resources South Africa IIED	Wynberg R. and Swiderska K.	PDF (0)
26.	Benefits-Sharing Draft Environmental Impact Statement	US National Park Service, Benefits-Sharing DEIS Team	PDF (0)
27.	ITPGRFA, FAO, Bioversity International: Joint Capacity Building Programme for Developing Countries on ABS ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), FAO, Bioversity International		WEB LINK

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