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Corporate control of seeds hurts Africa

Africa’s agriculture, along with its millions of smallholder farmers, is up for sale — to the highest bidders. These bidders have taken over huge tracts of productive agricultural land, brought their own patented seeds, have control over the raw materials and are changing the game of food produc ...

Patents on plants: Is the sellout of genes a threat to farmers and global food security?

The number of property claims on plants by companies is rising. This can have dramatic consequences for farmers around the globe, as a case in India shows.

Global Consultation Workshop on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in relation to Access and Benefit-sharing and the Nagoya Protocol

25 August 2019, Nairobi, Kenya

Date of submission of views and information further to decision NP-3/13 on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol extended to 22 August 2019

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/WY/RKi/87805 (2019-059)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, international organizations and relevant stakeholders

Indigenous Maize: Who Owns the Rights to Mexico’s ‘Wonder’ Plant?

A nitrogen-fixing maize grown in an indigenous region of Mexico has the ability to fertilize itself, recent research shows.

Namibia makes strides towards sustainable use of genetic resources

WINDHOEK – Draft regulations to the Access to Biological and Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge Act of 2017 have been referred to the legal drafters for final input.

Draft law to combat illegal export of genetic resources

CAIRO - 9 July 2019: The Energy and Environment Committee at the House of Representatives approved on Monday a draft law that sets a penalty ranging from LE50,000 to LE200,000 on those who collect genetic resources for exportation without a license.

Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/KT/RKi/87802 (2019-057)
To: ABS National Focal Points (or CBD National Focal Points where ABS Focal Points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities

Survey on Domestic Measures Addressing Benefit-Sharing from Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/RKi/88187 (2019-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

Nominations to the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/RKi/87803 (2019-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations and stakeholders

Nominations for a Global Capacity-building Workshop on Monitoring the Utilization of Genetic Resources under the Nagoya Protocol, 30 September to 2 October 2019 - Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/NPU/VN/MD/LZ/88062 (2019-051)
To: ABS National Focal Points

Nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House under the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/MD/RKi/87801 (2019-052)
To: ABS National Focal Points

First meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 27-30 August 2019 – Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/JMF/88092 (2019-043)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: SBSTTA Focal Points

Nominations to the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/KT/RKi/87802 (2019-039)
To: ABS National Focal Points (or CBD National Focal Points where ABS Focal Points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities

The business of biodiversity

On March 18, 2019, the Environment Ministry (MoEF) directed the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) to consider granting ex-post facto approval to user/accessor companies, institutes or individuals accessing Indian bio-resources or related knowledge for commercial utilisation or intellectual p ...

Dates of the Intersessional Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the biennium 2019-2020

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/87949 (2019-026)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Traditional Knowledge Focal Points, and relevant organizations and stakeholders

Submission of views and information further to decisions NP-3/13 on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/KG/RKi/87805 (2019-024)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Submission of views and information further to decision NP-3/14 on Article 4, Paragraph 4, of the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/KG/RKi/87806 (2019-025)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD Focal Points

Namibia: Schroeder On NP Compliance Committee

Kauna Schroeder, the principal project coordinator and the advisor to the environmental commissioner has been nominated to the compliance committee of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit sharing on biodiversity.

17th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

18 - 22 February 2019, Rome, Italy

Core Programme Budget for the Nagoya Protocol: Scale of assessment for the apportionment of expenses for 2019 and 2020

Reference: SCBD/CPP/DC/GF/87911 (2019-017)
To: Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

The Divya Pharmacy case: an important precedent on biological resource use

In a landmark judgment delivered in December 2018 in the Divya Pharmacy versus Union of India case, the Uttarakhand High Court held that all Indian companies which are extracting biological resources are liable to seek prior approval as well as share part of their revenue with the local communit ...

Follow up to decisions of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing: Overview of requests for action and planned meetings for the biennium 2019-2020

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/RKi/87800 (2019-013)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where ABS focal points have not yet been designated), international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources: Submission of views and information and call for expression of interest to undertake studies

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/KG/RKi/87804 (2019-012)
To:

User Feedback regarding the CBD Events Application

Reference: SCBD/ITS/JMF/ET/CP/87755 (2019-005)
To: CBD, ABS, CPB National Focal Points, IPLCs, relevant organizations

Science with borders: A debate over genetic sequences and national rights threatens to inhibit research

There is something that is weighing heavily on the minds of some infectious diseases scientists these days. It’s not the challenging Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, though that is deeply concerning. It’s not a new flu virus or slashed research budgets or laboratory safety ...

Access and Benefit Sharing of Bio resources in J&K The Unfinished Agenda

Biological diversity is the result of billions of years of evolution, shaped by natural processes and increasingly by the influence of humans and forms the web of life of which humankind is an integral and dependent part.

Forests with benefits: Why companies must pay forest communities for wild resources

Uttarakhand High Court dismissed a case filed by Baba Ramdev’s Divya Pharmacy that pleaded against sharing revenues from indigenous biological resources with local communities.

FEATURE-Battling 'biopiracy', scientists catalog the Amazon's genetic wealth

In a bid to stop "biopiracy", researchers are building a giant database to catalog genetic material from the world's largest rainforest. From the rubber in car tires, to cosmetics and medicines, genetic material contained in the Amazon region has contributed to discoveries worth billions of dollars.

Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CP/DC/MA/MW/87791 (2018-103)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Review of experience in holding concurrently the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WY/87783 (2018-101)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

Reminder: Invitation for views on the preparation, scope and content of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/RH/KNM/87538 (2018-102)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations.

Gene drives could end malaria. And they just escaped a UN ban.

The Convention on Biological Diversity’s biannual meeting in November did not make a lot of headlines. Big meetings of the parties to relatively obscure international treaties rarely do

Statement of the Executive Secretary, Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, at the closing of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 29 November 2018

The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP14) closed tonight with broad international agreement on reversing the global destruction of nature and biodiversity loss threatening all forms of life on Earth.

196 Governments agree to scale up investments in nature and people towards 2020 and beyond: UN Biodiversity Conference closes in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

29 November 2018 – The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP14) closed tonight with broad international agreement on reversing the global destruction of nature and biodiversity loss threatening all forms of life on Earth.

Statement of the Executive Secretary, Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, at the closing of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 29 November 2018

The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference[1] opened yesterday in the seaside town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt with an opening ceremony that included an address from President of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi, who emphasized the crucial importance of the meeting for Egypt, and for global efforts for sustainable development.

Governments set stage to take ambitious actions for nature and people: UN Biodiversity Conference opens in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

18 November 2018 – The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference opened yesterday in the seaside town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt with an opening ceremony that included an address from President of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi, who emphasized the crucial importance of the meeting f ...

Opening statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, 17 November 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Opening statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, 17 November 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

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

17 - 29 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Launch of the CBD Events Application in time for the UN Biodiversity Conference 2018

Reference: SCBD/ITS/JMF/ET/SM/CP/87755 (2018-096)
To: CBD, ABS, CPB National Focal Points, IPLCs and relevant organizations

The global community will lay the groundwork for action over the next few decades to protect biodiversity and nature at the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference, scheduled to take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 17 to 29 November 2018.

Governments meet in Egypt to build momentum for a New Deal for Nature and People: 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference held under the theme of “Investing in Biodiversity for People and Planet"

8 November 2018 - The global community will lay the groundwork for action over the next few decades to protect biodiversity and nature at the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference , scheduled to take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 17 to 29 November 2018.

Budget document for COP-14

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/87743 (2018-092)
To: CBD Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

High-level Segment of the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, 17 - 29 November 2018; High-level Ministerial Segment of the meetings, 14 - 15 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.)

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/CE/87388 (2018-091)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB and ABS Focal Points

Parallel events on Access and Benefit-Sharing during the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, 17 -29 November 2018 – Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/VN/MD/RKi/AC/87682 (2018-089)
To: ABS National Focal Points (CBD National Focal Points where ABS National Focal Points have not yet been designated)

High-level Segment of the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, 17 - 29 November 2018; High-level Ministerial Segment of the meetings, 14 - 15 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.)

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DC/CE/87388 (2018-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB and ABS Focal Points

Revised list of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14), the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 9) and the third 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 3), 17 to 29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Reference: SCBD/SPS/AS/JS/MLS/87388 (2018-087)
To: CBD National Focal Points, TK Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local community organizations, and other relevant organizations