February 25, 2022
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Scientists from 17 countries have published their thoughts on ongoing UN policy discussions around the sharing of digital sequence information to support conservation efforts.
April 23, 2021
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Protecting the traditional knowledge associated with biological resources will pave the way for Tuvalu as it rolls out its Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) system under the Nagoya Protocol...Tuvalu acceded to the Nagoya Protocol in August 2018, eager to ensure any use of genetic resources and ass
September 17, 2020
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Many products we use each day contain compounds taken from nature. Aspirin, for example, is derived from willow trees. And nanofibres from spinifex grass in Queensland is added to bitumen to make stronger roads.
April 17, 2020
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‘Aopo village in Savai’i, Samoa, is one step closer to securing fair access and benefit sharing of the community’s genetic resources.
Agreeing to disagree on what we have or have not agreed on: The current state of play of the BBNJ negotiations on the status of marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 69/292 has committed States to develop an international legally binding instrument under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ). The instrument must address a ‘package deal’ including questions relating to access and benefit sharing in relation to marine genetic resources (‘MGRs’) in areas beyond national jurisdiction (‘ABNJ’).
April 20, 2019
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Delegates were unable to bridge the gaps on issues including: the scope of the instrument; whether benefit-sharing would be carried on a monetary or non-monetary basis; and the overarching principles governing the future international legally binding instrument.
September 28, 2018
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The first session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument under the UNCLOS on BBNJ discussed marine genetic resources; environmental impact assessments; area-based management tools, including marine protected areas; and capacity building and marine techn
August 3, 2018
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...a regional training course on designing and implementing mutually agreed terms and contracts for access and benefit-sharing (ABS) for Pacific genetic resources was held this week in Nadi, Fiji.Click on the link below to read the full article.
November 17, 2017
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The launch of a new project puts the small Polynesian country at the forefront of "Access and Benefit Sharing" " helping ensure communities derive significant economic, social and environmental benefits from the country"s extensive genetic resources. Click on the link below to read the full story
June 30, 2017
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Biodiversity is a resource, and the global community is working to ensure that benefits from the use of that resource are also used to protect the environments and the people who rely on them.This week, a regional Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) project inception and capacity building workshop l