Side Event

Formalizing PIC with ILC - Experiences on the ground

Organizer
UNESCO and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH

Date and Time
3 April 2009 18:15 - 19:45

Meeting
Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS 7)

The event will take stock of first experiences with formalizing PIC with ILC on the ground, including through the establishment of biocultural protocols as a means to formalize PIC procedures when accessing BR/GR and/or related TK of ILC. Examples from South Africa, Namibia, Mali and other countries will be presented. The discussion will elaborate whether such approaches could provide practical tools for the inclusion of TK in the international ABS regime and the implementation of ABS provisions on the ground.