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Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing and the Global Taxonomy Initiative

"Cancun Commitments and Coalitions for Enhanced Implementation" Preparing for potential pledges of action by countries and partners at the Cancun Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/85942 (2016-111)
To: CBD, ABS and CPB National Focal Points, and relevant organizations

"Information Note for Participants" and Side-Events Registration for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90500 (2022-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

"Information Note for Participants" and side-events registration: Twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/TS/CG/AC/91084 (2023-095)
To: CBD national focal points, TK focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations.

11th Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG-AnGR/11)

19 - 21 May 2021, Virtual/online, Rome, Italy

11th session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG-AnGR/11) - Virtual Session

19 - 21 May 2021, Virtual

11th session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG-AnGR/11) at FAO

1 - 3 July 2020, Rome, Italy

11th session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG-PGRFA)

18 - 20 April 2023, Rome, Italy

12th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)

17 - 23 October 2009, Rome, Italy

13th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

15 - 19 October 2001, Colombo, Sri Lanka

13th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)

16 - 22 July 2011, Rome, Italy

14th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)

13 - 19 April 2013, Rome, Italy

15th Session of the Board of Governors of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICG

27 - 28 November 2008, Cape Town, South Africa

16th Session of the Board of Governors of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)

19 - 20 November 2009

17th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

18 - 22 February 2019, Rome, Italy

17th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (WIPO)

6 - 10 December 2010, Geneva, Switzerland

18th Session Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)

27 September - 1 October 2021, Rome, Italy

196 Governments agree to scale up investments in nature and people towards 2020 and beyond: UN Biodiversity Conference closes in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

29 November 2018 – The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP14) closed tonight with broad international agreement on reversing the global destruction of nature and biodiversity loss threatening all forms of life on Earth.

19th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)

24 - 28 July 2023, Rome, Italy

2022 United Nations High-Level Political Forum

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/ML/OH/GD/90088 (2022-009)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

21 Parties Have Now Signed the Nagoya Protocol

Montreal, 11 May 2011 – Eight additional Parties today signed the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, bringing the total number of signatories to 21.

2nd Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources (of the CGRFA) - ITWG-FRG (FAO)

21 - 25 January 2013, Rome, Italy

2nd Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG/PGRA)

4 - 7 November 2003, Rome, Italy

3rd Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

26 - 28 October 2005, Rome, Italy

3rd session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

1 - 3 June 2021, Rome, Italy

4th session of the Integovernmental Working Group on Aquatic Genetic Resources (ITWG-AqGR) - FAO

21 - 23 February 2023, Rome, Italy

5e Cololque National: Un dialogue pour la diversité génétique

3 - 5 November 2004, Lyon, France

7th session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITWG-FGR) - FAO

7 - 9 March 2023, Rome, Italy

9th Session Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

9 - 12 May 2022, New Delhi, India

A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) geared towards enhancing cooperation between the Secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture was signed today on the margins of the second meeting of CBD’s Subsidiary Body on Implementation, being held in Montreal, Canada.

A New Legal Instrument at the Service of Sustainable Development Opens for Signature

Montreal, 2 February 2011 – At a ceremony held today in New York, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization was opened for signature by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Addressing the opening ...

A two-step contractual approach to making Nagoya functional: scoping contract and actualisation contract - the Bhutanese Policy for Access and Benefit Sharing

This side event is a joint side event between the National Biodiversity Centre in Bhutan, CEBPOL in India, Natural Justice og FNI. The topic is to explore a two step contractual approach for making ABS provide fair benefits from speedy access. The newly developed policy on ABS in Bhutan will be ...

ABS Capacity-Building Workshop for Eastern and Southern Africa

2 - 6 October 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

ABS Clearing-House Capacity-building Workshop

23 - 24 February 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

ABS Protocol: Key tool to implement the CBD

The panel of speakers comprising government and civil society representatives will discuss the significance of adopting an ABS Protocol at COP10. The Protocol would implement not only the third CBD objective of fair and equitable benefit sharing, but also the other two objectives of biodiversity ...

ABS and Indigenous and Local Communities

The event will provide indigenous and local community views on the draft protocol to be adopted at COP 10. The Secretariat will sponsor the event in partnership with the UNPFII and Tebtebba Foundation. The UNPFII and IIFB will present the outcomes of the technical review of the current ABS Neg ...

ABS and non-commercial research: Benefits and lessons learnt from collaborations

How to account for the multiple benefits derived from projects on basic research, can be challenging, as the benefits do not necessarily fall into the typical idea of monetary benefits. But there are immediate and long-term benefits that contribute both, to conservation and sustainable use of bi ...

ABS development in Southeast Asia: General evaluation

Discussion between SEA countries and stakeholders on the progress of ABS under the UNEP-GEF regional ABS project.

ABS development in selected countries in Southeast Asia

Discussion between selected SEA countries and stakeholders on the progress of ABS.

ABS for Business: Understanding the Nagoya Protocol

This will be a session dedicated to explaining the Nagoya Protocol with reference to the business community, including expected obligations, legal framework, IP issues, and the differences (and overlap) between ABS and Fairtrade.

ABS in Practice: lessons from Latin American and the Caribbean (IUCN-UNEP/GEF LAC Project)

The Side Event will present several products obtained on ABS matters in the LAC Region including: - Legislation: challenges for the future implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in the Region - Case Studies: experiences from the LAC Region (including research, capacity building, non-commercial b ...

ABS in Practice: strengthening capacities and building experiences

This join (IUCN-SCBD) Side Event expects to present experiences and lessons learnt – as well as key resources – for a practical implementation of ABS and the Nagoya Protocol, including GEF National and Regional Projects, Check-Points, Materials and tools. It is expected the participation of seve ...

ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING

The objective of this side event is to share ongoing experiences from GEF support to ABS implementation at the regional and national level and to review opportunities for GEF support to ABS during GEF-5.

Access and Benefit Sharing of Bio resources in J&K The Unfinished Agenda

Biological diversity is the result of billions of years of evolution, shaped by natural processes and increasingly by the influence of humans and forms the web of life of which humankind is an integral and dependent part.

Access and Benefit-Sharing in Latin America and the Caribbean: A science-policy dialogue for academic research

Though academic research contributes essential elements to the conservation, sustainable use and valuation of biological resources, it is often faced with challenges in accessing these resources. Some of these challenges may be attributed to the legal and administrative requirements for accessin ...

Access and Benefit-sharing Friends of the Co-Chairs Meeting

26 - 29 January 2010, Montreal, Canada

Access and Benefit-sharing International Workshop

29 - 31 October 2003, California, United States of America

Access and Benefit-sharing Regional Consultations for Africa

4 - 6 March 2010, Windhoek, Namibia

Access and Benefit-sharing Regional Consultations for Asia

5 - 6 December 2009, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Access and Benefit-sharing Regional Consultations for Central and Eastern European Countries

9 - 10 February 2010, Isle of Vilm, Germany