Access to Genetic Resources & Benefit-sharing
This category is attached to news and events related to the fair and equitable sharing of and access to genetic resources, as well as the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Nagoya Protocol and other processes and mechanisms pertaining to access and benefit sharing (ABS). SDG target 15.6 calls for promoting “fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promote appropriate access to such resources, as internationally agreed.”
news
SEE MOREUNDP, GEF Publication Explores Access and Benefit-sharing for SDGs
UNDP, GEF Publication Explores Access and Benefit-...
Egypt, China, CBD Launch Action Agenda for Nature and People
Egypt, China, CBD Launch Action Agenda for Nature ...
guest articles
SEE MOREFine-tuning Access and Benefit-sharing Measures to Achieve SDG 2
Convention on Biological Diversity: Overcoming Research Impediments
Access and Benefit-Sharing: SDG Commitment and Challenge for the Food and Agriculture Sector
The Ocean Conference: Mind the Gap between Marine Science and New Ocean Challenges
policy briefs
SEE MORESDG Knowledge Weekly: Food, Nutrition and Genetic Resources
Monthly Forecast: October 2017
An Ocean in Chains: Reviewing SDG 14 in Advance of the HLPF
Monthly Forecast: December 2016
Events
SEE MOREEighth Session of the Governing Body to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
11-16 November 2019
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Ninth Meeting of the ITPGR Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the MLS
17-21 June 2019
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Second Session of the Intergovernmental Conference on BBNJ
25 March - 5 April 2019
New York City, US
CGRFA 17
18-22 February 2019
Rome, Lazio, Italy
2018 UN Biodiversity Conference
14-29 November 2018
Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt
Global Business and Biodiversity Forum
14-15 November 2018
Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt