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Synthetic Biology: Ecological Implications and the Impact of the Nagoya Protocol

The Nagoya Protocol (NP) will enter into force on October 12, 2014. How synthetic biology will be interpreted under the NP and whether the CBD will treat synthetic biology separate from current protocols like the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is an open ...

BUILDING LEGAL FRAMEWORKS TO IMPLEMENT THE NAGOYA PROTOCOL

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 ...

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/INF/4

Summary of Outcomes of the Meeting of the Capacity-Building Workshop on the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House

Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, 13 – 17 October 2014

First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

13 - 17 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

UNEP/CBD/COP/12/8/REV1

Status Report on the Nagoya Protocol

Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge comes into effect today

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) enters into force today, providing the world with a mechanism to ensure that access to and the sharing of the benefits from the us ...

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira De Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the Capacity Building Workshop of the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, 12 October 2014

Capacity-building workshop on the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House

12 - 13 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Access and Benefit-Sharing in Latin America and the Caribbean: A science-policy dialogue for academic research

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 ...

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/INF/10

Report of a Dialogue on “Key Challenges and Practical Ways forward for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol”

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/INF/5

Outcomes of the Fifth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Relevant to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Global Governance of Genetic Resources. Access and benefit sharing after the Nagoya Protocol

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 ...

ABS in Practice: strengthening capacities and building experiences

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 ...

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/INF/7

Access and Benefit-Sharing in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Science-Policy Dialogue for Academic Research

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/1/ADD3

Summary of Financial Implications of Draft Decisions

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/INF/9

Study on Options for Implementation of Checkpoints and a System for Monitoring the Utilisation of Genetic Resources and Its Compliance under the Nagoya Protocol

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/INF/8

Implementing the Nagoya Protocol in Microbiology: Gaining Trust, Building Trust

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/INF/6

Indicative Priorities for Further Development of the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/1/ADD2

Draft Decisions for the First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Serving As the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/4

Guidance to the Financial Mechanism

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/5

Guidance on Resource Mobilization for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/9

Improving the Efficiency of Structures and Processes under the Convention and Its Protocols: Establishment of a subsidiary body on implementation

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/8

Improving the Efficiency of Structures and Processes under the Convention and Its Protocols: Plan for the organization of concurrent meetings of the Conference of the Parties and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meetings of the Parties to the Protocols

Designation of national focal point, competent national authority, clearing-house publishing authority and authorized users for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

Reference: SCBD/NP/SBG/jh/83998 (2014-113)
To: CBD National Focal Points of countries that have ratified/acceded/approved the Nagoya Protocol on ABS

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/2

Report on Progress Made and Feedback Received in the Implementation of the Pilot Phase of the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House

Launch of the operational phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and capacity-building workshop, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea - 12 October 2014

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/NAD/83881 (2014-110)
To: CBD and ICNP National Focal Points, indigenous and local community organizations, international organizations and relevant stakeholders

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/6

Cooperation with Other Conventions, International Organizations and Initiatives

Press conferences at the margins of the Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols, 29 September-16 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/DA/fd/83879 (2014-109)
To: CBD, CPB and ICNP National Focal Points and relevant organizations

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/2/ADD1

Draft Modalities of Operation of the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/INF/3

Report of the Third Meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/INF/2

Report of the Second Meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

UNEP/CBD/NP/COP-MOP/1/INF/1

Report of the First Meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

International Day of the World's Indigenous People

9 August 2014

First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (COP-MOP 1), 13 to 17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/aba/83772 (2014-097)
To: ICNP National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where ICNP focal points have not yet been designated)

First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (COP-MOP 1), 13 to 17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/ABS/SBG/aba/83772 (2014-098)
To: International and non-governmental organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant Stakeholders

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Credentials for the Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 7), 29 September-3 October 2014; Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12), 6-17 October 2014; and First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing (COP-MOP 1), 13-17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/WDY/moc/83791 (2014-100)
To: CBD, CPB and ICNP Focal Points

Governments fulfil their commitment: Access and benefit-sharing treaty receives required number of ratifications to enter into force

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization will enter into force on 12 October 2014 following its ratification by 51 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary Celebrations of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Coming into Force, Geneva, Switzerland, 3 July 2014

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary Celebrations of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Coming into Force, Geneva, Switzerland, 3 July 2014

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing for Africa, 9 - 13 June 2014 - Kampala, Uganda

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing for Africa, 9 - 13 June 2014 - Kampala, Uganda

Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing for Africa

9 - 13 June 2014, Kampala, Uganda

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing for West Asia and North Africa, 1 - 5 June 2014 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing for West Asia and North Africa, 1 - 5 June 2014 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing for West Asia and North Africa

1 - 5 June 2014, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Participation in the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and submission of views

Reference: SCBD/ABS/BG/aba/83333 (2014-077)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ICNP National Focal Points

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Participation in the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and submission of views

Reference: SCBD/ABS/BG/aba/83333 (2014-078)
To: Indigenous and local community organizations, international organizations and relevant stakeholders

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol for the Caribbean, Georgetown, Guyana, 19 May – 22 May 2014

Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol for the Caribbean, Georgetown, Guyana, 19 May – 22 May 2014