Side Event

The role of Customary Law in Regulation of Access to Genetic Resources, Distribution of Benefits and Protection of Traditional Knowledge in the Andean Countries

Organizer
The World Conservation Union; United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies; Peruvian Society for Environmental Law

Date and Time
1 February 2006 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS 4)

Analysis and experience exchange on the importance of Customary Law and its role in conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity, as well as in the protection of the associated traditional knowledge.