Submissions on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol pursuant to decision NP-3/13

In decision NP-3/13, paragraph 4, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol invited Parties, other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant stakeholders and organizations to submit:

• Information on specific cases which may support the need for a global multilateral benefits-haring mechanism that are not covered under the bilateral approach, accompanied by an explanation as to why such cases cannot be covered under the bilateral approach set out in the Nagoya Protocol;

• Options for possible modalities for addressing those cases, including through a global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism.

The Secretariat invited the submission of views and information further to decision NP-3/13 through notification 2019-024 and notification 2019-059. The submissions received by the Secretariat in response are available below.