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Title Access to genetic resources in Africa : analysing ABS policy development in four African countries.
Publisher Yokohama, Japan : United Nations University institute of Advanced Studies
Year c2008
Pages 140 p. ; 28 cm.
Notes The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) with the support of the Government of Ireland have carried out case studies on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing (ABS) arrangements in four African countries namely Botswana, Ghana, Uganda and Zambia. These studies exemplify the implementation of existing ABS arrangements and mechanisms in the context of the Bonn Guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity at its sixth meeting, in April 2002.
Languages English
Programme Areas Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
Keywords Access to genetic resources and benefit sharing; Access to genetic resources
Organization United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations University. Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
Location QH75 A22G45 2008
Holdings 1
Type Monograph