Side Event

Leaving room in the Protocol for the development of specialized international ABS arrangements - Examining the case of agricultural microbial genetic resources

Organizer
System-Wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) of the CGIAR.

Date and Time
13 July 2010 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing

Speakers will address how – in the longer term – access and benefit sharing norms under the International Regime could be fashioned to support the use of microbial genetic resources in agricultural research and development, ultimately contributing to increased food security. Because there is not time before Nagoya for delegates to consider such approaches, it is important that the CBD Protocol leaves room for the evolution of specialized ABS norms in the future.