14 August 2014
Report of First ABS Expert Team Released
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The Commission on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) has released the report of the First Session of the Team of Legal and Technical Experts on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS Expert Team), which considered measures for ABS implementation in different sub-sectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA).

CGRFAAugust 2014: The Commission on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) has released the report of the First Session of the Team of Legal and Technical Experts on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS Expert Team), which considered measures for ABS implementation in different sub-sectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture (GRFA).

The meeting considered the outcomes of the meetings of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Groups on Forest Genetic Resources and Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and made preparations for meetings with additional Intergovernmental Technical Working Groups under the CGRFA. Participants also reviewed a document on draft elements to facilitate domestic ABS implementation in different GRFA sub-sectors and decided to further review the draft elements at its second meeting to be held in November 2014. [Meeting Report]