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Covering ABS: Addressing the need for sectoral, geographical,legal and international integration in the ABS regime - papers and studies of the ABS Project
… 65 7.2.3 The right to develop 67 7.2.4 The rights of indigenous peoples 68 7.3 The enforcement of human rights: … maintained high levels of diversity both of known species, and of ecosystems containing a broad range of … series. 52 Many important issues, including the rights of indigenous peoples (and persons living traditional …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… There is an increasing appreciation of the importance of indigenous breeds, and greater efforts are being made for … use and exchange of AnGR and the refusal of patenting of indigenous breeds or parts thereof. Issues of traditional … breed, and across all breeds within each domestic animal species, together with the species differences of interest …
An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
… and Folklore IHR International Health Regulations ILC indigenous and local community INBio National Institute of … the Sea UNDRIP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples UNEP United Nations Environment Programme … rather than the sectoral approach (focusing on specific species, ecosystems, or sites) that is characteristic of …
ABS Elements. Elements to facilitate domestic implementation of Access and Benefit-Sharing for different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture
… agricultural biodiversity depend on this human influence; indigenous knowledge and culture are integral parts of the … d. For crops and domestic animals, diversity within species is at least as important as diversity between species … providing or utilizing GRFA, including farmers and indigenous and local communities, gene banks and collections, …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… GPS Global Positioning Systems GR Genetic Resources ICCA Indigenous and Community Conserved Area ICCPR International … Institute for Environment and Development ILC Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities ILO International … practices that contaminate or destroy the natural world, species and habitats, sacred sites, and our communities and …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… utilization of genetic resources and the preservation of indigenous knowledge. (art. 1) The CBD also recognizes that … habitats and the maintenance of viable populations of species in those settings. Such conservation occurs, for example, where farmers and indigenous communities safeguard traditional plant varieties …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… project teams and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of … and populations; preserving and maintaining knowledge of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional … PGRFA would not survive without human activity; local and indigenous knowledge and culture are integral parts of …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… 55 2.3.4.2 ‘Industry-wide custom and practice’ 56 2.3.4.3 Indigenous and traditional law 56 2.4 Enforceability: … Calanolides: Potential anti-HIV agents from Calophyllum species, Sarawak, Malaysia 241 6.6.3 Prostratin: A potential … arises out of the fact that benefits are not shared with indigenous groups and communities, but are distributed in …
A moving target : Genetic resources and options for tracking and monitoring their international flows
… CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CSOLP certificate of source, … or public institu- tion, an ex-situ conservation centre, indigenous or local communities or an individual), contracts … often refers not only to the germplasm, but also to the indigenous knowledge associated with the use of those genetic …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… Population Fund � UNPFII United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues UNU-IAS United Nations University, … of countries of origin and, in the case of TK, of relevant indigenous peoples and local communities, and; that the … the use of all components of biodiversity – ecosystems, species, genes – must be equitably distributed among …