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WEBINAR: The results of the study on ABS indicators for Goal C and Target 13
Monday April 29, 2024 at 09:00 - 10:30 AM (EDT)
Recording: WEBINAR: "Where to find Help materials in BCH and ABSCH?"
During the webinar, the presenter will demonstrate live where to find help material in the BCH and the ABS-CH.
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The user shall access specified quantity of root and soil of Maize ( Zea mays L.) only from the Deonalya, Magradeh and Pipri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
The user shall access specified quantity of live Murrah Buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) only from the ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Haryana, India.
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The monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) contains “placeholder” indicators for ABS under Goal C and Target 13 that should be updated and finalized by COP16 (CBD/COP/DEC/15/5). The objectives of the study were to: 1) review existing sources of information for the measurement of benefit-sharing at national, regional or global levels; 2) understand how monetary and non-monetary benefits are received and accounted for at the national level; 3) propose and analyze possible measurements concepts for each indicator on the basis of the list provided in the annex to 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 (NP); 4) perform a preliminary assessment of the methodology that would be needed for collection of data for selected indicators; and 5) provide relevant information to the AHTEG on indicators for the KMGBF.
Member states of the World Health Organisation are negotiating a new international agreement on pandemic preparedness and updates to the International Health Regulations. One of the most contentious issues in negotiations on the Pandemic Accord is access to pandemic materials and information; and benefit-sharing. On the one hand developing countries are seeking to overcome the severe problem of inequity in access to vaccines and other products revealed during the last pandemic. On the other, developed countries are seeking access to samples and sequences from pathogens with no binding obligations to share benefits. The key focus of contestation is the design of the Pandemic Access and Benefit-Sharing System, or PABS. In this paper we seek to find constructive middle ground by arguing that it is important to focus on elements that build trust that are based on the core interests of both developed and developing countries. To that end we outline the Pandemic Access and Benefit-Sharing Umbrella, consisting of four elements: a WHO Coordinated Laboratory and Database Network, a PABS Licence, a PABS Register and an Intellectual Property Framework. We also set out in detail the means of funding of the PABS Umbrella through tiered contributions from State Parties. By adopting the familiar architecture of a PABS License to build certainty of obligations and responsibilities; our model does away with the need to contract individually with manufacturers of products; provides significant incentive in the form of access to pathogenic materials and information to all who register without discrimination of type of entity; while developing a PABS Register modelled on the EU Horizon programme as an asset that can be mobilized for pandemic preparedness. The PABS License includes the potential for reach-through terms on intellectual property and a triple lock mechanism that provides certainty on when constraints on the exploitation of such rights may be imposed. While elements of the model are prescriptive in outline, the scope of it is capable of holding a range of diverse interests aligned with both developed and developing countries. By building elements of trust, embedding incentives, and constructing assets that work for everybody, the PABS umbrella and IP-framework provides the basis to achieve protection for the populations of all state parties during pandemics.
The members of the ad hoc technical expert group (AHTEG) on indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework are providing a series of webinars to describe and discuss the outcomes of the AHTEG leading to and following the twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice. As part of this series, a webinar presenting results of the ABS study and monitoring indicators C.1, C.2 and 13.b was held on 29 April 2024. The recording of the webinar is available at the following webpage: https://www.cbd.int/conferences/indicators-ahteg/webinars. The study presented in the webinar is available as resource on the ABS Clearing-House (https://absch.cbd.int/en/database/VLR/ABSCH-VLR-SCBD-267150/1) and has been made available as information document for SBSTTA 26 (https://www.cbd.int/documents/CBD/SBSTTA/26/INF/12).
The purpose of the study is to present options for the practical implementation of checkpoints and a system for monitoring the utilization of genetic resources as established in the Nagoya Protocol along with the implementation of compliance measures. This study begins by focusing briefly on the Nagoya Protocol and the importance of compliance measures and checkpoints. The following is a detailed analysis of the three basic obligations regarding compliance measures and checkpoints, as well as a discussion of the possible use of checkpoints to monitor the use of traditional knowledge and its implications. The next section elaborates on the importance of the generation of information and the role of documentation and the communication of information in this new control system for the utilization of genetic resources. Finally, based on the above analysis, a number of options for the practical implementation of these obligations will be presented.
INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background 1.2. Purpose of the guidelines 1.3. Target audience 1.4. Definitions 1.5. Rappel des fondements clés de l’APA 1.6. Reminder of the key points of the ABS Law in Cameroon 1.7. Socio-economic and environmental impact of the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in Cameroon GUIDELINES FOR BENEFIT SHARING Directive1. Implementing benefit-sharing principle Directive 2. Negotiating benefits Directive 3. Identifying the recipients of benefits Directive 4. Préciser les canaux de mobilisation des avantages monétaires et les parts affectées aux activités de conservation, d’utilisation durable et de restauration de la biodiversité Directive 5. Ensuring good governance in benefits management Directive 6. Setting up a management monitoring mechanism at the community level GUIDELINES ON FUNDING OPTIONS Directive 7. Targeting funding options according to the typology of the provider entities GUIDELINES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY Directive 8. Ensuring coherence of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use actions with national priorities Directive 9. Prioritizing conservation, sustainable use and biodiversity restoration Directive 10. Considering various conservation options to be made either at the genetic, species or ecosystem levels Directive 11. Applying precautionary principle, environmental and social protections Directive 12. Providing for the sustainable management of biological and genetic resources Directive 13. Ensuring the participation of indigenous and local communities in biodiversity management and conservation GUIDELINES ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF GENETIC RESOURCES Directive 14. Promoting national research and development on genetic resources for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and technology transfer Directive 15. Sharing benefits on research and development GUIDELINES ON THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE Directive 16. Protecting traditional knowledge Directive 17. Requesting explicit access to traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources Directive 18. Activating mechanisms for the protection of traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources MONITORING, EVALUATION AND COMMUNICATION
Cameroon’s genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge are still to be highly demanded by potential investors. This situation may be not only due to lack of information, but perhaps also to the procedures which are not sufficiently known. All useful information and approach to follow by applicants are set out in this User’s Guide, which is a real compass for interested applicants. In addition to recalling the various legal provisions governing ABS in Cameroon, the Guide defines and specifies the role of each actor involved in the process, as well as the various documents required to obtain an ABS Permit. Furthermore, since the aim is to enable the development of communities providing the resource, interactions between recipient and applicant communities, as well as the nature of the various benefits arising from them, are also of interest. An online system for geographically remote applicants is also available and can be accessed at any time. My special thanks go to all those who have contributed to the development of this valuable tool, including the National ABS Focal Point and her team, the National ABS Committee and the GIZ BioInnovation project, whose technical and financial support made this guide possible. Researchers, industrial companies in the relevant sectors and other interested users, you can now find here a useful information base that will facilitate your efforts to access genetic resources for mutual benefit.
Conscients de l’importance de la biodiversité pour les populations et les menaces qui pèsent sur elle, le Cameroun a ratifié ou adhéré à plusieurs Accords Multilatéraux sur l’Environnement (AME) dont la Convention sur la Diversité Biologique (CDB) et ses protocoles notamment le Protocole de Nagoya sur l’Accès aux ressources génétiques et le Partage juste et équitable des Avantages découlant de leur utilisation (APA) adopté en octobre 2010 à Nagoya au Japon. C’est cependant en 1992, lors du sommet de la terre à Rio, que le terme de « ressources génétiques » a pris tout son sens. Bien que les populations autochtones et les communautés locales du Cameroun dispose d’un large éventail de connaissances, innovations et pratiques traditionnelles associées aux ressources génétiques., ces ressources génétiques et leurs connaissances traditionnelles associées ne font pas encore l’objet d’une forte demande de la part des grands investisseurs à cause entre autres du manque d’information sur ces dernières. C’est dans cet élan que le Cameroun a décidé de procéder à un inventaire de ses ressources génétiques et connaissances traditionnelles associées afin d’être en mesure de promouvoir leur utilisation dans un soucis de durabilité et en tenant compte de la réglementation en vigueur. La matérialisation de ce guide méthodologique pour l’inventaire des ressources génétiques du Cameroun et leur Connaissances traditionnelles associées permettra de recueillir et capitaliser les informations relatives aux ressources génétiques à fort potentiel économique et prometteuses, ainsi que les savoirs traditionnels qui leur sont associés. De plus, ce guide permettra également de mettre en avant plan certaines ressources génétiques mal connues et sous exploitées qui offrent des avantages non négligeables dans divers domaines au niveau national que sont la médecine traditionnelle, l’alimentation et bien d’autres. Il permettra aussi une meilleure orientation dans la recherche afin d’optimiser la contribution de ces ressources génétiques et leur connaissances traditionnelles associées dans le développement socio-économique durable du pays.