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Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… by participating in the review process described above, but also by providing thoughtful verbal or written comments. … community moved from considering genetic resources as a common heritage to recognizing the sovereign rights of States … users, a serious analysis of its underlying causes needs a differentiated and neutral approach. As noted, one problem …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang

… wild. Cosmetic companies were using natural ingredients, but mostly for the purposes of marketing rather than as the … microorganisms, or re-collecting marine organisms, were common. Today, however, many supply issues are falling away. … Nagoya Protocol has taken many of these concerns on board. Common concerns have focused on the multiple policies …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Food and Agriculture Organization (2016), The guide to National Reporting Obligations

… that they deem beneficial to other Contracting Parties, but meeting NROs should be given priority. As regards the … The report should contain a description of functions and responsibilities (i.e. who is responsible for which area and … them before the data entry will help in avoiding the most common errors in data entry. https://www.ippc.int/en/ …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… capacity regarding Farmers’ Rights, as well as a lack of common understanding of what these mean, and how to implement … is very vital for sharing not only seed and varieties, but also the associated knowledge in conservation and the … attention is being paid during this BSF project to gender differentiated knowledge of local landraces and cultivation …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

UNEP Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… dealing with threats to liv- ing natural resources, global common resources, and the marine environment. Many of the … sectoral in that it deals with climate and the atmosphere, but recognizes the broader impacts of climate change on … closed and can be reconsidered in the future. Common but differentiated responsibilities: Usually referring to lesser …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… using the term ‘genetic erosion’, indicating the gradual but serious loss of crop diversity. Interestingly enough, the … 4 In South Korea, for example, 74 percent of the most common crop varieties in 1985 had been replaced by 1993, and … including with regard to the distribution of roles and responsibilities in ABS systems. Notably, the Bonn Guidelines …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… for farmers who depend on rainfed agriculture. It is common to find poor farmers growing many varieties of the … scenery or habitats for particular charismatic species, but very seldom for CWR.46 Nevertheless, a few examples … Plant Germplasm Collecting and Transfer proposes minimum responsibilities of collectors, providers, gene bank managers …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… selected multilateral environmental agreements 154 Box 43. Responsibilities of the States involved in transboundary … To conclude the negotiation of a treaty marks an end, but also a beginning: the beginning of an implemen- tation … 120. The Guidelines were developed on the basis of common elements and principles found in existing national, …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity