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Towards an ABS Commons System

IDLO, Natural Justice, SPDA, Association Andes and CESAGEN: presentation on the initiatives currently underway in Latin America, Africa and India on the issue of Commons. Topics covered: The work of CESAGEN and SPDA on ABS Commons; Association Andes on open source seed systems; and Natural Justi ...

Launch of UNU-IAS and UNEP Publication on 'Learning from the Practioners: Benefit Sharing principles from enterprising communities' in collaboration with the Equator Initiative

The event will launch and present perspectives from 14 community partners of the Equator Initiative, who are engaged in biodiversity based enterprises. The research views such community enterprises as localized bio-prospecting activities, and analysed principles followed by the communities to sh ...

Considering Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in the Negotiation and Implementation of the International Regime

Speakers will address how the International Regime can support the use of genetic resources for food and agriculture to achieve food security. Speakers: Dr. Jose Maria Sampaio, Policy Advisor, Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrapa) - Ministry of Agriculture - Countries' depend ...

Final Outputs of The ABS Project -- Detailed studies of ABS Contracts and a Project Overview

This event will launch the final two books in the series of books published by the IUCN under The ABS Project, and will introduce IUCN's new work on this issue. It will feature presentations by Thomas Greiber, IUCN; Tomme Young, IRIS; and many other persons.

THE ROLE OF CUSTOMARY LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ABS AND TK GOVERNANCE

The event will present the findings of a study by UNU-IAS on the role of customary law in ABS and TK Governance in Andean and Pacific Island countries and of a recent publication by the Initiative for Biopiracy on complementarity and conflict between customary resource and knowledge management a ...

Benefit-sharing under the regime of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The event will provide information on the current status of the Benefit-sharing Fund and the first projects approved.

BIO-CULTURAL PROTOCOLS: Presentations by a variety of stakeholders on bio-cultural community protocols, including UNEP, UNESCO, GTZ and Natural Justice

Presentations by a variety of stakeholders on bio-cultural community protocols and an exposition of the TK commons

Access and Benefit Sharing for Biological Control Agents

Explanation of the use of genetic resources by the Biological Control Industry and the impact of the ABS IR

Synthetic Biology, Metagenomics and the next generation of digital biopiracy.

Synthetic Biology is the rational design and construction of new lifeforms from synthetic DNA using engineering principles. It is rapidly becoming a key tool for the energy, chemical and pharmaceutical industry to synthesize chemicals, biofuels, plastics and medicinal compounds. Unlike recombina ...

Linking sustainable forest management and ABS - conflicts, potentials synergies at national and international level

Presentation and discussion of the recommendations of the Panafrican Workshop on ABS and Forests (July 2009 at UNEP Nairobi) end the preliminary results of the CISDL study "Interface between forest management and Access and Benefit-Sharing"

ABS-legislation in Norway - the new Nature Management Act

Presentation of the Norwegian Nature Management Act and the Marine Resources Act containing rules on access to genetic material and benefit-sharing

MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES: AN INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE

The International Regime - Addressing Traditional Knowledge and Customary Rights

IIED will present key findings of research on customary laws and practices for TK protection and ABS conducted with indigenous and local communities in Peru, Panama, India, China and Kenya; and recommendations for the International Regime. ANDES (Peru) will present more detailed findings of thei ...

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous representatives will discuss the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the relationship to the Convention on Biological Diversity. The discussion will also examine Canada's current position on the Declaration.

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY

Presentation of a comprehensive Research Agreement dealing with Scientific Evaluation of Traditional Medicine for diabetes; Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team in Aboriginal Antidiabetic Medicines (CIHR-TAAM) is a multidisciplinary group of university researchers indigenous community members and the health board of the Canadian James Bay Cree Territory devoted to evaluating the effectiveness of Indigenous ...

International Vilm Workshop on matters related to Traditional Knowledge associated with Genetic Resources and the International ABS-Regime - Results and specific ideas

The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety has organized an International Vilm Workshop on matters related to Traditional Knowledge associated with Genetic Resources and the International ABS-Regime. ...

BALANCING BUILDING BLOCKS OF A FUNCTIONAL ABS SYSTEM: Key Legal issues affecting the Creation of the ABS Regime

This side event will present a legal analysis of the functional challenges that must be addressed by the Parties in creating and implementing the ABS regime. The analysis has been written by Tomme Young and Morten Walløe Tvedt as part of a research project on ABS that is currently carried out b ...