DIVERSITAS, the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the International Council for Science's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ICSU ROLAC) will hold a side event at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the CBD, on the topic 'Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) in Latin America and the Caribbean: A science-policy dialogue for academic research'. This side event will introduce the relevance of article 8.a of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) for facilitated access for academic research, and highlight the importance of a science-policy dialogue to implement ABS and the benefits derived from research.
date: 10 October 2014
venue: Hall G, Room 2 – Youth Meeting Room
location: Pyeongchang, Gangwon (Kangwon-do), Republic of Korea
contact: DIVERSITAS Secretariat
e-mail: secretariat@diversitas-international.org
www: http://www.diversitas-international.org/diversitas-and-partners-contribute-to-cop-12-pyeongchang-republic-of-korea-6-17-10-2014