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This side event is a joint side event between the National Biodiversity Centre in Bhutan, CEBPOL in India, Natural Justice og FNI. The topic is to explore a two step contractual approach for making ABS provide fair benefits from speedy access. The newly developed policy on ABS in Bhutan will be ...
The panel of speakers comprising government and civil society representatives will discuss the significance of adopting an ABS Protocol at COP10. The Protocol would implement not only the third CBD objective of fair and equitable benefit sharing, but also the other two objectives of biodiversity ...
The event will provide indigenous and local community views on the draft protocol to be adopted at COP 10. The Secretariat will sponsor the event in partnership with the UNPFII and Tebtebba Foundation. The UNPFII and IIFB will present the outcomes of the technical review of the current ABS Neg ...
How to account for the multiple benefits derived from projects on basic research, can be challenging, as the benefits do not necessarily fall into the typical idea of monetary benefits. But there are immediate and long-term benefits that contribute both, to conservation and sustainable use of bi ...
Discussion between SEA countries and stakeholders on the progress of ABS under the UNEP-GEF regional ABS project.
Discussion between selected SEA countries and stakeholders on the progress of ABS.
This will be a session dedicated to explaining the Nagoya Protocol with reference to the business community, including expected obligations, legal framework, IP issues, and the differences (and overlap) between ABS and Fairtrade.
The Side Event will present several products obtained on ABS matters in the LAC Region including: - Legislation: challenges for the future implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in the Region - Case Studies: experiences from the LAC Region (including research, capacity building, non-commercial b ...
This join (IUCN-SCBD) Side Event expects to present experiences and lessons learnt – as well as key resources – for a practical implementation of ABS and the Nagoya Protocol, including GEF National and Regional Projects, Check-Points, Materials and tools. It is expected the participation of seve ...
The objective of this side event is to share ongoing experiences from GEF support to ABS implementation at the regional and national level and to review opportunities for GEF support to ABS during GEF-5.
Though academic research contributes essential elements to the conservation, sustainable use and valuation of biological resources, it is often faced with challenges in accessing these resources. Some of these challenges may be attributed to the legal and administrative requirements for accessin ...
Presentation on production of biofuels, in Japan. Production of biofuels has some major benefits. One is to contribute nurturing agricultural industries. Second is to contribute realizing recyclable society. Third is to contribute diversifying energy supply source.
Building Nagoya Protocol-compliant legal frameworks is a key step in national implementation. No one-size-fits-all solution exists, but valuable lessons can be learned from past country experiences with implementing and updating ABS legal frameworks. Experience has shown that legal frameworks wi ...
This event will provide an opportunity to discuss the main findings of academic research conducted by the University of Edinburgh School of Law on the interpretation of the Nagoya Protocol, including its interactions with other areas of international law - notably human rights. The event will ...
A presentation of FAO's Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture on ABS and a debate on the peculiarities of GRFA.
CETAF representatives will present the CODE OF CONDUCT and the BEST PRACTICES produced by CETAF and adopted by this Consortium of Natural History Museums and Botanic Garden and other research Centers. Development and Implementation procedures will be shared with the audience for its awareness a ...
The Nagoya Protocol reaffirms the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities over their biological resources and associated traditional knowledge. The panel will provide guidance on implementing the Protocol from several case studies: (a) ABS agreements between plant breeders and farmers ...
Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods), one of the largest food producers in Asia with its main production base in Thailand, has been involved in developing projects that support planting mangrove by continuously donating money contributions to several universities such as Kasetsart University, Ramk ...
During this side-event, indigenous and local community organizations from IWBN-LAC and IUCN will discuss their initiatives on capacity building for indigenous in the LAC region. They will share information on capacity building on ABS focusing on traditional knowledge and associated genetic resources
Initial results of a study to determine which innovation processes related to botanical extracts and ingredients fall within the scope of the Nagoya Protocol and assess the potential impact on current business models and their effect on delivering the conservation and livelihood goals of the Pr ...
This event will build on the 2013 Tokyo Informal meeting on the implementation of Protocol Articles 19 & 20 and explore possible methodologies for the evaluation and recognition Guidelines, Codes of Conduct and best practices using three practical examples.
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has widely been understood as arranging access to genetic resources and benefit sharing in the form of bilateral exchanges between providers and users. This arrangement has often proved to lack efficiency and distributional justice. Based on a reading ...
The side event will give an overview of Namibia's Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) Programme and how the devolution of legal rights over elements of biodiversity and the provision of technical support has empowered communities to conserve and sustainably utilize their natural ...
We introduce our status for implementation of Nagoya Protocol
Discussion on Access and Benefit-sharing
What are the most common and most wanted benefits derived from non-commercial research? What are the main challenges for implementing “facilitated access for non-commercial research”? What are the risks? The Nagoya Protocol calls for “facilitated access for non-commercial research, taking into a ...
The purpose of this event is to share the information on the most recent status of marine protected areas and other coastal conservation activities in Japan. Discussion will be made on governance mechanisms and socio-economic incentives behind several good practices. The role of coastal fishing ...
This side event intends to introduce a research activity titled above. Furthermore, this introduction is intended to provide useful information especially for decision makers in provider country(ies) when they are required to revise or establish new institutions. The information includes: 1) an ...
This seminar presents key aspects concerning how to assess and monitor diversity at the genetic level. Species and ecosystems depend on biological variation at the gene level for retaining resilience and evolutionary potential. Genetic biodiversity also provides the basis for terrestrial and aqu ...
Managing ex situ collections of microbial strains across the world has been hampered by the lack of an overarching tracking system. The coming into force of the Nagoya Protocol (NP) requires improved clarity on what strains are held where, how they can be accessed, and the conditions under which ...
The even includes a presentation of a new book “Global Governance of Genetic Resources. Access and Benefit Sharing after the Nagoya Protocol” (Rosendal and Oberthur (eds.), 2014, Routledge: NY). The book analyses the status and prospects of global governance of access to and benefit sharing (ABS ...
Launch of the 3rd edition of the FOEN-sponsored CISDL study on ABS measures worldwide.
The Secretariat is currently implementing the pilot phase of the ABS Clearing-House in accordance with guidance provided by Parties during the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol. The purpose of the side-event is to demonstrate progress made in the implementa ...
Capitalising on lessons learned from joint African and Latin American initiatives on promoting the pro-poor and pro-biodiversity commercialisation of biological and genetic resources, this session will highlight emerging good practices and pinpoint streams of action as to strengthen mutual suppo ...
The proposed side-event aims at presenting early efforts undertaken in India with regard to the Nagoya Protocol, using a case study of a GEF-UNDP-Government of India project on ‘Mainstreaming Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plant Diversity in Three Indian States’. At a time, when m ...
The ABS Capacity Development Initiative and its national and international partners present experiences and lessons learned while building capacities of African stakeholders to develop and implement national ABS regulations. Focus will be set on the enabling R&D environment for bioprospecting ac ...
Opportunities for GEF financial and technical assistance in support of the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol will be presented along with experiences and challenges of implementing the Nagoya Protocol and ABS regimes in selected countries.
The panel will cover the following: (i) Some recent cases of potential biopiracy to provide guidance for identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the Nagoya Protocol; (ii) Making the global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism under Article 10 a reality; (iii) Analysis of the proposed Eu ...
The Nagoya Protocol on ABS leaves considerable discretion to the Parties in determining the types of measures to adopt to fulfill their obligations. A number of countries are currently spending substantial time on the consideration of appropriate domestic measures in order to ratify and implemen ...
The Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will update participants on the text-based negotiations underway in the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) - in particular the renewed IGC mand ...
The German Government together with its global development partners Brazil, India and South Africa is supporting a variety of activities in the field of international cooperation striving for an effective implementation of the CBD. Current approaches are e.g. the facilitation of dialogue format ...
A dialogue on “Practical Ways Forward for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol” hosted by the Government of South Africa and organized by the ABS Capacity Development Initiative implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH was held in Cape Town , So ...
ESPANOL LAS COMUNIDADES LOCALES han desempenado y desempenan un pael clave enel uso sostenible de la diversidad biologica en particular lo relacionados con los conocimientos tradicionales en el marco del articulo 7 del PdN y relacionados ,a partir de esa actividad daremos a conocer nuestro PLAN ...
This side event will present the results of two recent initiatives undertaken by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with regard to access and benefit-sharing (ABS). Since ICNP 1, the IUCN Environmental Law Centre and the IUCN Global Policy Unit in collaboration with diffe ...
La Ministre de l'Environnement du Maroc présentera les projets entamés en relation avec le sujet.
Based on the practical experiences of different ABS stakeholders, this side event will assess the conditions that need to be established for market-based ABS mechanisms (and relevant regulatory tools) to deliver on biodiversity conservation. Three main categories of conditions have to be establi ...
The oceans cover more that 70% of the Earth’s surface, harbour more than 95% of its biosphere and are home to more than 34 of the 36 living animal phyla. Its enormous biological diversity makes the marine environment a vast and unique reservoir of undiscovered genetic information and biochemical ...
This side-event will discuss alternatives and options to secure benefit sharing from access to genetic resources based on new developments in science and technology, including new taxonomic tools (iBOL), due consideration to the informational nature of genetic resources and the implication of th ...
Presentation of recent Biopiracy Cases (Pelargonium, Rooibos) and the position of civil society on the ongoing negotiations for an ABS-Protocol
This event will present the results of research to identify UK patent activity for genetic resources and traditional knowledge relevant to the Nagoya Protocol and lessons learned on options for promoting respect for the Nagoya Protocol in research and development with partner countries.