Side Event
TERI-RIS-ICIMOD event on Operationalising Nagoya Protocol in South Asia
Organizer
The Energy and Resources Institute
Date and Time
17 October 2012 13:15 - 14:45
Meeting
Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11)
The proposed side event could mainly take up issues in the form of formal presentations followed by discussions on the following themes: 1. Status of biodiversity resources in SAARC countries focusing on the shared nature of the species and ecosystems 2. The domestic mechanisms of safeguarding and equitable sharing of benefits of commercialization of the biodiversity in SAARC countries in the context of operationalisation of the Nagoya Protocol 3. Experiences of jointly safeguarding the regional interests like Geographical indication issues of Basmati rice 4. Role of SAARC in establishing the South Asian co-operation mechanism for ABS 5. Developing the road map for South Asian co-operation mechanism for ABS