Accès et le partage des Avantage

• Global Access and Benefit-sharing Conference 2020
  [released on: 27/10/2020]
• First extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
  [released on: 06/10/2020]
• Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 11/06/2020]
• Global Access and Benefit Sharing Conference 2020: Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 19/10/2020]
• Informal group on budget to support preparation of an interim budget for 2021
  [released on: 05/10/2020]
• Preparation of an interim budget for 2021
  [released on: 16/09/2020]
• Extension of the terms of members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols
  [released on: 15/09/2020]
• Invitation to the Second extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, First extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the First extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, 16-19 November 2020, Montreal (Virtual)
  [released on: 09/09/2020]
• Appointment of the new Head of the Access and Benefit-sharing Unit
  [released on: 01/09/2020]
• Further information on modalities: Special Virtual Sessions for SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3, 15-18 September 2020
  [released on: 26/08/2020]
• Revised arrangements for the meetings of SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3
  [released on: 23/08/2020]
• Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols
  [released on: 23/08/2020]
• Invitation to the Online Discussion Forum on the Preparation of a Knowledge Management Component of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
  [released on: 13/08/2020]
• Special Virtual Sessions for SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3, 15-18 September 2020
  [released on: 13/08/2020]
• Consultation and Information Briefing on a Draft Outline of a new gender plan of action
  [released on: 03/08/2020]
• Extension of deadline: Peer review of draft documents for the twenty-fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 24)
  [released on: 22/07/2020]
• Outcomes of the 58th meeting of the GEF Council of relevance to the Convention and its Protocols
  [released on: 15/07/2020]
• Revised schedule for meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols
  [released on: 13/07/2020]
• Preparations to mark the 10-year anniversary of the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 10/06/2020]
• Summit on Biodiversity
  [released on: 13/04/2020]
• Extension of deadline: Peer review of a study related to Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 19/03/2020]
• Update regarding COVID-19 and upcoming CBD meetings
  [released on: 12/03/2020]
• Peer review of a study related to Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 08/03/2020]
• Registration and Credentials for Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15), Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 10), and Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (COP-MOP 4), 15-28 October 2020 - Kunming, China
  [released on: 01/03/2020]
• Survey on pathogen sharing, including for influenza, and access and benefit-sharing arrangements
  [released on: 23/01/2020]
• Launching of the First Phase of the Newly Designed Website
  [released on: 22/12/2019]
• Composition of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 27/10/2019]
• Peer Review of Studies on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 21/10/2019]
• An update on the status of implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and preparations marking the tenth year of its adoption
  [released on: 15/10/2019]
• Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 24/09/2019]
• Date of submission of views and information further to decision NP-3/13 on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol extended to 22 August 2019
  [released on: 15/07/2019]
• Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 04/07/2019]
• Survey on Domestic Measures Addressing Benefit-Sharing from Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 18/06/2019]
• Nominations to the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 11/06/2019]
• Nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House under the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 29/05/2019]
• Nominations for a Global Capacity-building Workshop on Monitoring the Utilization of Genetic Resources under the Nagoya Protocol, 30 September to 2 October 2019 - Bonn, Germany
  [released on: 29/05/2019]
• First meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 27-30 August 2019 – Nairobi, Kenya
  [released on: 05/05/2019]
• Nominations to the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 04/04/2019]
• Dates of the Intersessional Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity for the biennium 2019-2020
  [released on: 27/02/2019]
• Submission of views and information further to decision NP-3/14 on Article 4, Paragraph 4, of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 24/02/2019]
• Submission of views and information further to decisions NP-3/13 on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 24/02/2019]
• Core Programme Budget for the Nagoya Protocol: Scale of assessment for the apportionment of expenses for 2019 and 2020
  [released on: 06/02/2019]
• Follow up to decisions of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing: Overview of requests for action and planned meetings for the biennium 2019-2020
  [released on: 04/02/2019]
• Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources: Submission of views and information and call for expression of interest to undertake studies
  [released on: 04/02/2019]
• User Feedback regarding the CBD Events Application
  [released on: 27/01/2019]
• Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology
  [released on: 13/12/2018]
• Reminder: Invitation for views on the preparation, scope and content of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
  [released on: 10/12/2018]
• Review of experience in holding concurrently the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 10/12/2018]
• Launch of the CBD Events Application in time for the UN Biodiversity Conference 2018
  [released on: 14/11/2018]
• Budget document for COP-14
  [released on: 05/11/2018]
• High-level Segment of the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, 17 - 29 November 2018; High-level Ministerial Segment of the meetings, 14 - 15 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.)
  [released on: 04/11/2018]
• Parallel events on Access and Benefit-Sharing during the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, 17 -29 November 2018 – Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
  [released on: 29/10/2018]
• High-level Segment of the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, 17 - 29 November 2018; High-level Ministerial Segment of the meetings, 14 - 15 November 2018, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.)
  [released on: 28/10/2018]
• Revised list of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14), the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 9) and the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (COP-MOP 3), 17 to 29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
  [released on: 23/10/2018]
• Fourth Science for Biodiversity Forum: “Towards living in harmony with nature by 2050” 23-24 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
  [released on: 22/10/2018]
• Invitation to prepare for elections to replace outgoing members of the Compliance Committees under the Protocols at the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP 9) and the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol (COP-MOP 3)
  [released on: 09/10/2018]
• Hotel Accommodation and Transportation, 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference
  [released on: 08/10/2018]
• Selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14), the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 9) and the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (COP-MOP 3), 17 to 29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
  [released on: 27/09/2018]
• High-level Segment of the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference
  [released on: 16/09/2018]
• Reminder: Credentials for Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14), Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 9), and Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (COP-MOP 3), 17-29 November 2018 – Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
  [released on: 06/09/2018]
• Press conferences at the margins of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, 17-29 November 2018 - Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
  [released on: 19/08/2018]
• UN Biodiversity Conference 2018 - Information Note for Participants and Other Relevant Information
  [released on: 05/08/2018]
• Invitation to submit views on proposed procedure for avoiding or managing conflicts of interest in expert groups
  [released on: 12/07/2018]
• Invitation for views on the preparation, scope and content of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
  [released on: 15/07/2018]
• High-level Segment of the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference
  [released on: 10/07/2018]
• Registration and Credentials for Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14), Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 9), and Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (COP-MOP 3), 17-29 November 2018 – Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
  [released on: 06/05/2018]
• Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 24/01/2018]
• EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: 15 January 2018 - Submission of views and information further to decision NP-2/10 on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 07/12/2017]
• EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: 22 December 2017: Nominations for the third meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 05/12/2017]
• Call for Expressions of Interest to Participate in the Capacity-building Programme on Establishing Measures to Implement the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 03/12/2017]
• Nominations for the third meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 26/11/2017]
• Invitation to Register for the Online Forum in Preparation for the Capacity Development Programme on national arrangements on Traditional Knowledge for achieving Target 18 and contributing to Target 16 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
  [released on: 15/11/2017]
• REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Submission of the Interim National Report on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 09/11/2017]
• Progress on Implementation of the Programme of Work for Article 8(j) and related provisions: Request for contributions to the second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  [released on: 07/11/2017]
• Peer Review of Fact-finding and Scoping Study on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 07/11/2017]
• Nominations for the third meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 02/11/2017]
• Composition of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 19/10/2017]
• Contribution to the first Assessment and Review of the Effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 15/10/2017]
• REMINDER NOTIFICATION: DEADLINE 1 NOVEMBER 2017: Submission of the Interim National Report on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 15/10/2017]
• Submission of views and information further to decision NP-2/10 on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 19/09/2017]
• REMINDER: Submission of the Interim National Report on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 08/08/2017]
• Date and venue of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2018
  [released on: 08/08/2017]
• Voluntary Trust Fund to Facilitate the Participation of Indigenous and Local Communities in the Work of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  [released on: 30/07/2017]
• Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 29/06/2017]
• Nominations to the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources and Reminder Regarding the Submission of Views and Information
  [released on: 11/06/2017]
• Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 24/04/2017]
• GEF Support for the Preparation of the Interim National Reports on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 30/03/2017]
• Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 26/03/2017]
• EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Review of experience in convening the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol concurrently
  [released on: 27/03/2017]
• Launch of the Biodiversity e-Learning Platform
  [released on: 01/03/2017]
• Follow up to decisions of the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization: overview of requests for action and planned activities for the next biennium
  [released on: 22/02/2017]
• Submission of the Interim National Report on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and Publication of Information on the ABS Clearing-House
  [released on: 22/02/2017]
• High-level segment of the UN Biodiversity Conference: Cancun Declaration
  [released on: 02/11/2016]
• UN Biodiversity Conference and its high-level segment: Vehicle access to the venue
  [released on: 01/11/2016]
• Shipment arrangements for the UN Biodiversity Conference in Cancun, Mexico
  [released on: 27/10/2016]
• Invitation to prepare for elections to replace outgoing members of the Compliance Committees at the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP 8) and the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol (COP-MOP 2)
  [released on: 26/10/2016]
• Information regarding the High-Level Segment of the UN Biodiversity Conference, Cancun, Mexico 2016
  [released on: 25/10/2016]
• Workshop on the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House for national users, 10 December 2016 – Cancun, Mexico
  [released on: 13/10/2016]
• Visa Requirements for Mexico
  [released on: 04/10/2016]
• Press conferences at the margins of the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, including the High-Level Segment, 2-17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico
  [released on: 25/09/2016]
• "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
  [released on: 14/09/2016]
• Information Note for Participants for the High-Level Segment of the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 2-3 December 2016 - Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  [released on: 06/09/2016]
• “Information Note for Participants” and Side-Event Registration for the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols
  [released on: 18/07/2016]
• Submission of information on developments related to ratification and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
  [released on: 11/07/2016]
• World Health Organization consultations on Nagoya Protocol and the sharing of pathogens
  [released on: 04/07/2016]
• Credentials for the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 13), Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 8), and Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (COP-MOP 2), 4 –17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico
  [released on: 03/07/2016]
• Invitation to Share Information on Capacity-Building Initiatives and Capacity-Building Resources through the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 02/06/2016]
• High-Level Segment of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols
  [released on: 05/06/2016]
• Invitation to Share Information on Capacity-Building Initiatives and Capacity-Building Resources through the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 02/06/2016]
• Submission of information on developments related to ratification and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
  [released on: 02/06/2016]
• Revised Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing House
  [released on: 23/05/2016]
• New improved version of the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 26/04/2016]
• Composition of the second meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, 15-17 June 2016
  [released on: 13/04/2016]
• Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 04/04/2016]
• Registration and Visas for the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 4 –17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico
  [released on: 05/04/2016]
• Registration and Visas for the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 4 -17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico
  [released on: 20/03/2016]
• Call for nominations from CEE, GRULAC and WEOG regions for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 25/02/2016]
• Call for nominations from CEE and WEOG regions for the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 25/02/2016]
• Call for Expressions of Interest to Participate in a Capacity Building Course on Establishing Legal Frameworks to Implement the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 27/01/2016]
• Outcomes of the Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture relevant to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 18/01/2016]
• Reminder: Assessment of Progress in achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 on the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, Deadline 22 January 2016
  [released on: 18/01/2016]
• Reminder: Assessment of Progress in achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 on the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, Deadline 22 January 2016
  [released on: 18/01/2016]
• Invitation to complete a survey to evaluate the effectiveness of capacity-building activities supported and facilitated by the Secretariat
  [released on: 14/12/2015]
• Composition of the Expert Meeting on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 09/12/2015]
• Assessment of Progress in achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 on the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
  [released on: 01/12/2015]
• Assessment of Progress in achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 16 on the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
  [released on: 01/12/2015]
• Reminider: Submission of views in preparation for the first meeting of the Compliance Committee of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 17/11/2015]
• REMINDER: Nominations to an Expert Meeting on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 01/11/2015]
• Nominations to an Expert Meeting on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 24/09/2015]
• Change of venue of the COP 13 to the Convention on Biological Diversity, COP-MOP 8 to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and COP-MOP 2 to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 09/07/2015]
• Composition of the first meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 05/07/2015]
• REMINDER: Nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 26/05/2015]
• Nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 04/05/2015]
• Submission of views in preparation for the Expert Meeting on the need for and modalities of a global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism and the first meeting of the Compliance Committee of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 04/05/2015]
• Decisions of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization: direct actions by Parties and other Governments and planned activities for the next biennium: Designation of national focal point on access and benefit-sharing (ABS-NFP)
  [released on: 25/03/2015]
• Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 22/03/2015]
• Decisions of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization: direct actions by Parties and other Governments and planned activities for the next biennium
  [released on: 02/03/2015]
• Dates and venues of COP 13 to the Convention on Biological Diversity, COP-MOP 8 to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and COP-MOP 2 to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, and other upcoming meetings
  [released on: 07/01/2015]
• EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing house
  [released on: 15/12/2014]
• Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing house
  [released on: 02/12/2014]
• Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing house
  [released on: 03/11/2014]
• Designation of national focal point, competent national authority, clearing-house publishing authority and authorized users for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
  [released on: 09/09/2014]
• Launch of the operational phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and capacity-building workshop, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea - 12 October 2014
  [released on: 07/09/2014]
• Press conferences at the margins of the Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Protocols, 29 September-16 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
  [released on: 03/09/2014]
• REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Credentials for the Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 7), 29 September-3 October 2014; Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12), 6-17 October 2014; and First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing (COP-MOP 1), 13-17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
  [released on: 28/07/2014]
• First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (COP-MOP 1), 13 to 17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
  [released on: 28/07/2014]
• First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (COP-MOP 1), 13 to 17 October 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea
  [released on: 28/07/2014]
• REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Participation in the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and submission of views
  [released on: 26/05/2014]
• REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Participation in the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and submission of views
  [released on: 26/05/2014]
• Call for Proposals 2014: Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  [released on: 29/04/2014]
• Call for Nomination of Participants for the Sub-Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing for West Asia and North Africa, 1-5 June 2014 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  [released on: 02/04/2014]
• Call for Nomination of Participants for the Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing for Sub-Saharan Africa, 9-13 June 2014 - Kampala, Uganda
  [released on: 27/03/2014]
• Participation in the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and submission of views
  [released on: 20/03/2014]
• Participation in the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and submission of views
  [released on: 20/03/2014]
• Call for Nomination of Participants for the Caribbean Sub-Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, 19-22 May 2014 – Georgetown, Guyana
  [released on: 20/03/2014]
• Call for Nomination of Participants for the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Minsk, Belarus, 31 March to 4 April 2014
  [released on: 09/01/2014]
• Taller de Capacitación Regional para América Latina sobre el Protocolo de Nagoya sobre acceso y participación en los beneficios, Montevideo, Uruguay del 24 al 28 de marzo del 2014
  [released on: 19/12/2013]
• Capacity-building workshop on the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea – 23 February 2014
  [released on: 16/12/2013]
• Call for Nomination of Participants for the East, South and South-East Asia Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Chennai, India, 3 - 6 December 2013
  [released on: 08/09/2013]
• Call for Nomination of Participants for the Pacific Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Suva, Fiji, 25 - 29 November 2013
  [released on: 08/09/2013]
• Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, 24-28 February 2014
  [released on: 01/08/2013]
• Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, 24-28 February 2014
  [released on: 01/08/2013]
• Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, 24-28 February 2014
  [released on: 01/08/2013]
• Composition of the Expert Group on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing (Global Multilateral Benefit-Sharing Mechanism), Montreal, Canada, 17-19 September 2013
  [released on: 14/07/2013]
• Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee to the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 01/07/2013]
• REMINDER: Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House
  [released on: 30/05/2013]
• REMINDER: Submission of information and views in preparation for the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 15/05/2013]
• Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee to the pilot phase of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-house
  [released on: 02/05/2013]
• Composition of the Expert Meeting to Develop a Draft Strategic Framework for Capacity-building and Development in Support of the Effective Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, 3 – 5 June 2013, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 19/03/2013]
• Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing for Middle East region and Djibouti, Libya, Mauritania, Amman, Jordan, 9 – 10 April 2013
  [released on: 10/03/2013]
• Global Multilateral Benefit-Sharing Mechanism (Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol): Inter-sessional activities emanating from COP decision XI/1, section B
  [released on: 06/02/2013]
• Nominations for the expert meeting to develop a draft strategic framework for capacity-building and development in support of the effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, 3 – 5 June 2013, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 17/01/2013]
• Activities resulting from decision XI/1 of the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties on the status of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization and related developments
  [released on: 16/01/2013]
• EXTENSION OF DEADLINE: 7 NOVEMBER 2012 - Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Budapest, Hungary, 11-13 December 2012
  [released on: 28/10/2012]
• Regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  [released on: 27/09/2012]
• Reminder: Follow-up to the second meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol and preparations for COP 11
  [released on: 22/08/2012]
• Follow-up to the second meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol and preparations for COP 11
  [released on: 10/07/2012]
• Informal round table discussion on progress made towards ratification of the Nagoya Protocol during the Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2)
  [released on: 14/06/2012]
• Airport Transfers for participants attending the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (ICNP 2)
  [released on: 06/06/2012]
• Provisional annotated agenda for the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 30 June – 1 July 2012 – New Delhi, India
  [released on: 21/05/2012]
• Provisional agenda for the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 30 June - 1 July 2012 - New Delhi, India
  [released on: 29/04/2012]
• Version française du Protocole de Nagoya sur l’accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage des avantages
  [released on: 19/04/2012]
• New dates of the Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), 2-6 July 2012, New Delhi, India
  [released on: 05/02/2012]
• Postponement of the Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India
  [released on: 02/02/2012]
• Closing date for signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 16/01/2012]
• Composition of Expert Meeting on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance, Montreal, Canada, 28 February -1 March 2012
  [released on: 11/01/2012]
• Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India, 9-13 April 2012
  [released on: 13/12/2011]
• Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India, 9-13 April 2012
  [released on: 13/12/2011]
• Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-2), New Delhi, India, 9-13 April 2012
  [released on: 13/12/2011]
• REMINDER: DEADLINE 16 DECEMBER 2011, Expert Meeting on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance 28 February to 1 March 2012 - Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 06/12/2011]
• REMINDER: DEADLINE 15 NOVEMBER 2011: Preparations for the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing: Questionnaires on capacity-building and development for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 10/11/2011]
• Proposition de corrections du texte original de la version française du Protocole de Nagoya sur l’accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage des avantages
  [released on: 07/11/2011]
• Request for submissions in preparation for the Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 31/10/2011]
• Expert Meeting on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance, 28 February to 1 March 2012 - Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 31/10/2011]
• Annotated provisional agenda for the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 29-30 October 2011 - Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 24/10/2011]
• Preparations for the Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing: Questionnaires on capacity-building and development for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 05/10/2011]
• Further details regarding the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 29-30 October 2011, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 04/10/2011]
• Invitation to a Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 29-30 October 2011, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 08/09/2011]
• Ministerial Breakfast Briefing on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing
  [released on: 10/08/2011]
• Signing Ceremony for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 10/08/2011]
• Request for comments on the draft questionnaires on capacity-building and development for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 31/07/2011]
• Request for submissions in preparation for the Second Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 31/07/2011]
• Submission of views on cooperative procedures and institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the Protocol and to address cases of non-compliance
  [released on: 21/07/2011]
• Corrections du texte original de la version française du Protocole de Nagoya sur l’accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage des avantages
  [released on: 26/06/2011]
• Further details regarding the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 4-5 June 2011, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 24/05/2011]
• REMINDER: DEADLINE 31 MARCH 2011: Designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 29/03/2011]
• Invitation to the Capacity-building Workshop on Access and Benefit-sharing, 4-5 June 2011, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 28/03/2011]
• Further details regarding the organization of the First meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP-1), Montreal, Canada, 6-10 June 2011
  [released on: 13/03/2011]
• Composition of Expert Meeting on the Modalities of Operation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House, Montreal, Canada, 11-14 April 2011
  [released on: 14/03/2011]
• Nominations for the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing and the Co-Chair of the Committee
  [released on: 10/03/2011]
• Signing Ceremony for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, 11 May 2011, United Nations Headquarters, New York
  [released on: 10/03/2011]
• REMINDER: Designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 08/03/2011]
• Mexico signs Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources
  [released on: 24/02/2011]
• REMINDER: DEADLINE 15 MARCH 2011 - Submission of information and views in accordance with decision X/1 on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 23/02/2011]
• REMINDER: DEADLINE 15 MARCH 2011 - Submission of information and views in accordance with Decision X/1 on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 23/02/2011]
• REMINDER: Expert Meeting on the Modalities of Operation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House, 11-14 April 2011, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 14/02/2011]
• Signature of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
  [released on: 03/02/2011]
• Invitation to provide information on new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources
  [released on: 18/01/2011]
• Expert Meeting on the Modalities of Operation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House, 11-14 April 2011, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 17/01/2011]
• Further information regarding the designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 17/01/2011]
• First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP 1), Montreal, Canada, 6-10 June 2011
  [released on: 09/01/2011]
• First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP 1), Montreal, Canada, 6-10 June 2011
  [released on: 09/01/2011]
• First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ICNP 1), Montreal, Canada, 6-10 June 2011
  [released on: 05/01/2011]
• Opening for Signature of 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
  [released on: 29/12/2010]
• Nominations for the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 20/12/2010]
• Opening for Signature of 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
  [released on: 16/12/2010]
• Designation of a Focal Point for the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 16/12/2010]
• Submission of information and views in accordance with decision X/1 on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 15/12/2010]
• Submission of information and views in accordance with decision X/1 on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 15/12/2010]
• Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Nagoya, Japan, 13-15 October 2010: Revised draft COP-10 decision on Access and benefit-sharing
  [released on: 04/10/2010]
• Resumed meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) on Access and Benefit-sharing, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 13 - 15 October 2010: Scenario note from the ABS Co-Chairs
  [released on: 03/10/2010]
• Resumed meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Nagoya, Japan, 13-15 October 2010
  [released on: 26/09/2010]
• Resumed meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Nagoya, Japan, 13-15 October 2010
  [released on: 26/09/2010]
• Meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, 18 - 21 September 2010: Scenario note from the ABS Co-Chairs and update on logistical arrangements
  [released on: 08/09/2010]
• Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Nagoya, Japan, 16 October 2010
  [released on: 02/09/2010]
• Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Nagoya, Japan, 16 October 2010
  [released on: 02/09/2010]
• Resumed ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Nagoya, Japan, 16 October 2010
  [released on: 02/09/2010]
• Meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, 18 - 21 September 2010
  [released on: 09/08/2010]
• Meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, 18 - 21 September 2010
  [released on: 09/08/2010]
• Meeting of the Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, 18 - 21 September 2010
  [released on: 02/08/2010]
• Report of the resumed ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 10-16 July 2010
  [released on: 29/07/2010]
• Information kit on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 08/07/2010]
• Resumed ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Montreal, Canada, 10-16 July 2010 - Scenario note from the Co-Chairs of the Working Group
  [released on: 16/06/2010]
• List of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the resumed ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Montreal, Canada, 10-16 July 2010
  [released on: 16/06/2010]
• Resumed Ninth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Informal Consultations with the Co-Chairs, and Regional Consultations, 8-9 July 2010, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 03/06/2010]
• Invitation for Proposals - The Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems snd Climate Change Pavilion: Promoting synergies between biodiversity, land management and climate change, to be held at the CBD COP 10 and the UNFCCC COP 16
  [released on: 12/05/2010]
• Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Montreal, Canada, 10-16 July 2010
  [released on: 27/04/2010]
• Report of the first part of the Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Cali, Colombia, 22-28 March 2010
  [released on: 25/04/2010]
• Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Montreal, Canada, 10-16 July 2010
  [released on: 22/04/2010]
• CHANGE OF DATES: Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Montreal, Canada, 10-16 July 2010
  [released on: 22/04/2010]
• Resumed Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Montreal, Canada, 12-18 July 2010
  [released on: 20/04/2010]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Communication of a Proposed Protocol pursuant to Article 28, paragraph 3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  [released on: 14/04/2010]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Communication of a Proposed Protocol pursuant to Article 28, paragraph 3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  [released on: 07/04/2010]
• Co-Chairs Informal Interregional Consultations (CIIC) and Ninth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing: Co-Chairs' Guidance Note
  [released on: 11/03/2010]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Co-Chairs Informal Inter-regional Consultation (CIIC), Cali, Colombia, 16-18 March 2010
  [released on: 04/03/2010]
• Information regarding funding for the Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS-9) and the Co-Chairs Informal Inter-regional Consultation (CIIC), Cali, Colombia, March 2010
  [released on: 11/02/2010]
• Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing: Informal consultations with the Co-chairs and regional consultations, 20-21 March 2010, Cali, Colombia
  [released on: 03/02/2010]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Co-Chairs Informal Inter-regional Consultation (CIIC), 16-18 March 2010, Cali, Colombia
  [released on: 21/01/2010]
• Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity Building Workshop on the Convention on Biological Diversity including issues relevant to Article 8(j) Traditional Knowledge, and Access and Benefit-sharing Fourth Workshop: Mesoamerican Region, Guatemala, Guatemala, 4-6 March 2010
  [released on: 19/01/2010]
• Selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding for the Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity Building Workshop on the Convention on Biological Diversity including issues relevant to Article 8(j) Traditional Knowledge & Access and Benefit-sharing. Third Workshop: Cone Sur Region, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 04-06 February 2010
  [released on: 19/01/2010]
• Decision IX/12 on Access and Benefit-sharing: submission of views and proposals for the ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 18/01/2010]
• Decision IX/12 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Regional Consultations in support of the finalization of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing Regional Consultation for African Countries, 4-6 March 2010, Windhoek, Namibia
  [released on: 12/01/2010]
• Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Cali, Colombia, March 2010
  [released on: 05/01/2010]
• Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Cali, Colombia, March 2010
  [released on: 05/01/2010]
• Decision IX/12 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Regional Consultations in support of the finalization of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing: Regional Consultations for the Pacific Region 15-16 February 2010, Auckland, New Zealand
  [released on: 22/12/2009]
• Ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Cali, Colombia, March 2010
  [released on: 21/12/2009]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Friends of the Co-Chairs Meeting, 26-29 January 2010, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 20/12/2009]
• Designation of a National Focal Point for Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS NFP)
  [released on: 17/12/2009]
• Information on access and benefit-sharing measures
  [released on: 17/12/2009]
• Decision IX/12 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Regional Consultations in support of the finalization of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing: Regional Consultations for Central and Eastern European Countries 9-10 February 2010, Isle of Vilm, Germany
  [released on: 03/12/2009]
• Decision IX/12 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Regional Consultations in support of the finalization of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing: Regional Consultations for Latin America and Caribbean Countries, Panama City, Panama, 15-16 January 2010
  [released on: 02/12/2009]
• Decision IX/12 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Regional Consultations in support of the finalization of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing, Regional Consultations for Asia, 5-6 December 2009, Siem Reap, Cambodia
  [released on: 18/11/2009]
• REMINDER: Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing: Informal consultations with the Co-chairs 7-8 November 2009, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 29/10/2009]
• Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit sharing, Montreal, 9-15 November 2009 - Scenario note from the Co-Chairs of the Working Group
  [released on: 27/10/2009]
• Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing: Informal consultations with the Co-chairs and regional consultations, 7-8 November 2009, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 08/10/2009]
• List of selected indigenous and local community representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Trust Fund for participation in the Sixth meeting of the Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions, and/or the Eighth meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, 2-6 November and 9-15 November respectively, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 01/09/2009]
• Decision IX/12 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Regional Consultations
  [released on: 23/08/2009]
• Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity Building Workshop on the Convention on Biological Diversity including issues relevant to Article 8(j) Traditional Knowledge, & Access and Benefit-sharing Montreal, Canada, 29-31 October 2009
  [released on: 18/08/2009]
• Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG-ABS 8), Montreal, Canada, 9-15 November 2009
  [released on: 05/07/2009]
• Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG-ABS 8), Montreal, Canada, 9-15 November 2009
  [released on: 05/07/2009]
• Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG-ABS 8), Montreal, Canada, 9-15 November 2009
  [released on: 05/07/2009]
• Decision IX/12 on Access and Benefit-sharing: submission of views and proposals for the eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 10/05/2009]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Expert Group on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, Hyderabad, India, 16-19 June 2009
  [released on: 21/04/2009]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Expert Group on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources – nomination of experts and submission of views
  [released on: 22/03/2009]
• Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS 7), Paris, France, 2-8 April 2009, Explanatory Note from the Co-chairs
  [released on: 18/03/2009]
• Benefit-sharing: Informal consultations with the Co-chairs and regional consultations, 31 March - 1 April 2009, UNESCO, Paris, France
  [released on: 09/03/2009]
• Information Portal related to the Negotiations of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 02/03/2009]
• Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABSWG-7), Paris, France, 2-8 April 2009
  [released on: 01/03/2009]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Expert Group on traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources – nomination of experts and submission of views
  [released on: 23/02/2009]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Peer review process for ABS studies commissioned in accordance with decision IX/12, paragraph 13 (a), (b) and (e)
  [released on: 21/01/2009]
• Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing: Informal consultations with the Co-chairs and regional consultations, 31 March - 1 April 2009, UNESCO, Paris, France
  [released on: 21/01/2009]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Peer review process for ABS studies commissioned in accordance with decision IX/12, paragraph 13
  [released on: 18/12/2008]
• Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS WG-7), Paris, France, 2-8 April 2009
  [released on: 11/12/2008]
• Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS WG-7), Paris, France, 2-8 April 2009
  [released on: 11/12/2008]
• Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS WG-7), Paris, France, 2-8 April 2009
  [released on: 11/12/2008]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Group of Technical and Legal Experts on Compliance in the context of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing, Tokyo, Japan, 27-30 January 2009
  [released on: 27/11/2008]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Concepts, Terms, Working Definitions and Sectoral Approaches Windhoek, Namibia, 2-5 December 2008
  [released on: 05/11/2008]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Group of Technical and Legal Experts on Compliance – nomination of experts and submission of views
  [released on: 30/10/2008]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Concepts, Terms, Working Definitions and Sectoral Approaches, Windhoek, Namibia, 2-5 December 2008
  [released on: 23/10/2008]
• Decision IX/12 on Access and Benefit-sharing: submission of views and proposals for the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 18/09/2008]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Group of Technical and Legal Experts on Compliance – nomination of experts and submission of views
  [released on: 11/09/2008]
• Access and Benefit-sharing: Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Concepts, Terms, Working Definitions and Sectoral Approaches (Windhoek, Namibia, 2-5 December 2008) – nomination of experts and submission of views (Reissued for Technical Reason)
  [released on: 17/08/2008]
• Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  [released on: 28/04/2008]
• Designation of a National Focal Point for Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS NFP)
  [released on: 29/01/2008]
• Release of CBD Business Newsletter on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 20/01/2008]
• Co-Chairs Informal Meeting on Capacity Development for Access and Benefit-sharing 22 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
  [released on: 20/12/2007]
• Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing: Informal consultations by the Co-chairs, 19-20 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
  [released on: 03/12/2007]
• Preparations for the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 22/11/2007]
• Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, 21-25 January 2008- Geneva, Switzerland
  [released on: 20/11/2007]
• Follow-up to the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007
  [released on: 11/11/2007]
• Preparations for the sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABSWG-6), 21-25 January 2008, Geneva
  [released on: 25/10/2007]
• Participation of developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition in the Fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing and the fifth meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions
  [released on: 12/09/2007]
• Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the International Indigenous and Local Community Consultation on Access and Benefit Sharing and the Development of an International Regime
  [released on: 20/08/2007]
• Voluntary Trust Fund - List of selected participants to receive funding for participation in the Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS 5), 8-12 October 2007 and the Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5), 15-19 October 2007 - Montreal, Canada.
  [released on: 13/08/2007]
• Peer Review of draft documents for the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WGABS-5), Montreal, Canada, 8-12 October 2007.
  [released on: 25/07/2007]
• Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS-6), Geneva, Switzerland, 21 to 25 January 2008.
  [released on: 26/06/2007]
• Informal consultations on the preparation of the forthcoming meetings of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit - sharing (ABSWG-5 and 6) with the Co-chairs of the Working Group, 7 July 2007, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France.
  [released on: 18/06/2007]
• Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007.
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• Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007.
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• Fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Montreal, Canada, 8 to 12 October 2007.
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• Reminder - Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing.
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• Access and Benefit-sharing: Report of the Meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance.
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• Access and Benefit-sharing: Meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance.
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• Access and Benefit-sharing: Composition of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance
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• Compendium of Side Event
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• Capacity-building for access and benefit-sharing
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• Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Strategic Plan: future evaluation of progress – the need and possible options for indicators for access to genetic resources and in particular for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources
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• Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Other approaches, as set out in decision VI/24B, including consideration of an international certificate of origin/source/legal provenance
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• Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: International regime on access and benefit-sharing
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• Information on access and benefit-sharing measures
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• Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: International regime on access and benefit-sharing
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• Decision VIII/4 on access and benefit-sharing: Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising out of their Utilization
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• Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Other approaches, as set out in decision VI/24b, including consideration of an international certificate of origin/source/legal provenance
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• Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Strategic Plan: Future evaluation of progress – the need and possible options for indicators for access to genetic resources and in particular for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources
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• Decision VIII/4 on Access and Benefit-sharing: Measures, including consideration of their feasibility, practicality and costs, to support compliance with prior informed consent of the Contracting Party providing genetic resources and mutually agreed terms on which access was granted in Contracting Parties with users of such resources under their jurisdiction
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• Capacity-building for access and benefit-sharing
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• Nomination of experts for the meeting of the Group of Technical Experts on an internationally recognized certificate of origin/source/legal provenance
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• Due to the evolving nature of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has moved to hold many meetings virtually and has postponed others.
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• 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.
  [released on: 28/11/2018]
• Statement of the Executive Secretary, Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, at the closing of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference 2018, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 29 November 2018
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• The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference[1] opened yesterday in the seaside town of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt with an opening ceremony that included an address from President of Egypt, H.E. Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi, who emphasized the crucial importance of the meeting for Egypt, and for global efforts for sustainable development.
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• Opening statement by Ms. Cristiana Paşca Palmer, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the 2018 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, 17 November 2018, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
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• The global community will lay the groundwork for action over the next few decades to protect biodiversity and nature at the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference, scheduled to take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 17 to 29 November 2018.
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• The toolkit on communication, education and public awareness (CEPA) including considerations for access and benefi¬t-sharing (ABS) in English is now available online. The publication in the other official UN languages will be available soon.
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• Germany has published the first report on the utilization of genetic resources through the Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) Clearing-House by issuing a checkpoint communiqué concerning research on ants from South Africa. This was rapidly followed by checkpoint communiqués from Malta and Qatar.
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• New animated video clip explains monitoring the utilization of genetic resources through the ABS Clearing-House, including the role of competent national authorities, checkpoints and checkpoint communiques. The video was produced by the ABS Capacity Development Initiative in cooperation with the CBD.
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• Inspired by discussions on the possibilities of transformational change, a keynote address by Canadian astronaut Roberta Bondar, and a celebration of indigenous culture, more than 1,000 delegates from around the world concluded two critical meetings of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada.
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• 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.
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• Vilm ABS Dialogue – Informing about Domestic Measures for Access to Genetic Resources (August 27 - 31, 2017)
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• On the 5th of June 2017, Kuwait ratified the Nagoya Protocol on Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, an agreement under the Convention on Biological Diversity, bringing the total number of ratifications to 100.
  [released on: 06/06/2017]
• On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, Japan became the latest country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, bringing the total number of ratifications to 99.
  [released on: 21/05/2017]
• On Friday, 19 May 2017, the Republic of Korea became the 98th country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization.
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• Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development
  [released on: 17/12/2016]
• At a critical meeting opening tomorrow, the United Nations will call on decision makers from more than 190 countries to step up efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity and protect the ecosystems that support food and water security and health for billions of people.
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• This week marks the two-year anniversary of the entry into force of 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.
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• France, Mali, the Netherlands, the Republic of Moldova and Sweden are the latest countries to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, bringing the total number of ratifications to 85.
  [released on: 08/09/2016]
• The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), with funding from the Japan Biodiversity Fund, hosted a joint capacity-building program to support the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. During the five-day workshops, participants had the opportunity to review core knowledge they had gained from e-learning modules studied prior to the course, apply this to their country contexts, probe into more complex areas, and learn from each other.
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• Belgium and Bulgaria are the latest countries to ratify 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 (CBD), bringing the total number of ratifications to 80.
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• The first meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 1) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) came to a close on 6 May 2016 in Montreal, Canada. Delegates from around the world advanced attention on national action by recommending tools and approaches for implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and a more effective operation of the decision-making bodies of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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• Germany is the latest country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, bringing the total number of ratifications to 74. This includes 73 countries and the European Union (EU), which ratified the Protocol in May 2014.
  [released on: 21/04/2016]
• Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico, as the incoming president of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in a joint letter with Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, urged his global counterparts to ratify 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 as soon as possible.
  [released on: 10/04/2016]
• to Parties yet to ratify or accede to the Nagoya Protocol from Rafael Pacchiano Alamán, Minister for Environment and Natural, Resources, Mexico and COP 13 President and Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity
  [released on: 10/04/2016]
• Ratifications by Togo and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has brought the total number of ratifications to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to 72.
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• Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Expert Group Meeting on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, Montreal, Canada, 1 - 3 February 2016
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• IDLO Course: Legal Frameworks to Implement Nagoya Protocol (various dates available in 2016) - ESTABLISHING LEGAL FRAMEWORKS TO IMPLEMENT THE NAGOYA PROTOCOL. Expressions of interest are being accepted until 22 February 2016. Successful candidates will be notified by 28 March. Selected applicants from developing countries will receive funding support to cover travel and accommodation costs.
  [released on: 27/01/2016]
• Following accession by Slovakia on 29 December 2015, the total number of ratifications to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization now stands at 70.
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• The first internationally recognized certificate of compliance was issued on 1 October 2015, following a permit made available to the Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) Clearing-House by India.
  [released on: 06/10/2015]
• Montreal, 28 September 2015 – Two new ratifications this month to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization brings the total number of ratifications to the ground-breaking treaty under the Convention on Biological Diversity to 66.
  [released on: 27/09/2015]
• Statement of Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, On the occasion of the Fourth Access and Benefit Sharing Business Dialogue, 28 January 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark
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• Statement by the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, at the Fifteenth Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy, 19 – 23 January 2015
  [released on: 18/01/2015]
• Closing Remarks by Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, at the Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, 17 October 2014
  [released on: 16/10/2014]
• Governments have agreed to a series of actions that will further bolster the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing, facilitate its effective implementation, and ensure that countries have the necessary resources to take the next steps to implement the treaty, which entered into force earlier this week.
  [released on: 16/10/2014]
• Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary Celebrations of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Coming into Force, Geneva, Switzerland, 3 July 2014
  [released on: 02/07/2014]
• Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing for Africa, 9 - 13 June 2014 - Kampala, Uganda
  [released on: 08/06/2014]
• Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing for West Asia and North Africa, 1 - 5 June 2014 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  [released on: 31/05/2014]
• Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol for the Caribbean, Georgetown, Guyana, 19 May – 22 May 2014
  [released on: 18/05/2014]
• With four new ratifications in the last week, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization has received 66% of the necessary ratifications, with only 17 more ratifications needed for it to enter into force.
  [released on: 30/04/2014]
• Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, Minsk, Belarus, 31 March – 4 April 2014
  [released on: 30/03/2014]
• Governments have established firm foundations for the operation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing of Genetic Resources, contributing to the momentum towards entry into force and setting the agenda for the first meeting of its governing body, expected to take place in October 2014.
  [released on: 27/02/2014]
• Governments meet in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea this week for discussions which will finalise preparations for the first meeting of the governing body of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization – the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol (COP-MOP 1).
  [released on: 23/02/2014]
• Three new ratifications to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization provide significant momentum towards its entry into force. The recent ratifications by Benin, Burkina Faso and Myanmar bring the total number of ratifications to the ground-breaking treaty under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to 29.
  [released on: 30/01/2014]
• Montreal, 20 December 2013 – With a new ratification, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization is ending the year with another step toward entry into force. The recent ratification by Egypt brings to 26 the total number of ratifications to the ground-breaking treaty under the umbrella of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
  [released on: 19/12/2013]
• Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary on the occasion of the Capacity-Building Workshop for the Pacific on Ecosystem Conservation and Restoration and the Pacific Sub-Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol, Suva, Fiji, 25 November 2013
  [released on: 24/11/2013]
• Summary of the Special Event in the UNGA Second Committee mandated by resolution 67/212
  [released on: 11/11/2013]
• With five new ratifications, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization has taken a big step towards entry into force.
  [released on: 30/09/2013]
• Honduras and Tajikistan became the most recent countries to ratify 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.
  [released on: 04/09/2013]
• Statement of the CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, on the occasion of the 3rd ABS Business Dialogue, September 4, 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark
  [released on: 03/09/2013]
• Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Inception Workshop for the Project to Support the Ratification and Entry into Force of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7 - 10 May 2013
  [released on: 06/05/2013]
• Statement by CBD Executive Secretary, Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, at the 14th Meeting of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO, Rome, 15-19 April, 2013
  [released on: 14/04/2013]
• Statement by Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol on Acess and Benefit-Sharing for Middle East Region and Djibouti, Libya, Mauritania, Amman, Jordan, 9 - 10 April 2013
  [released on: 08/04/2013]
• An informal meeting for government experts and relevant stakeholders to discuss model contractual clauses, voluntary codes of conduct, guidelines and best practices and/or standards, as set out in Articles 19 and 20 of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization, will be held in Tokyo, Japan, on 25-26 March 2013.
  [released on: 28/02/2013]
• Albania, Botswana and the Federated States of Micronesia have become the 13th 14th and 15th countries to ratify 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.
  [released on: 27/02/2013]
• Statement by Mr. Braulio F. de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, to the Capacity Building Workshops for African Nationals Regarding (i) Nagoya Protocol on Access & Benefit Sharing and Traditional Knowledge; and (ii) Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability & Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 – 13 February 2013, Bangalore, India
  [released on: 10/02/2013]
• South Africa 12th state to ratify Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 27/01/2013]
• Press Release: Panama and Mauritius have become the 10th and 11th countries respectively to ratify 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.
  [released on: 20/12/2012]
• Fiji and Ethiopia have become the 8th and 9th Parties to the CBD respectively to deposit their instruments of ratification for 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.
  [released on: 19/11/2012]
• The European Commission has proposed a draft regulation on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the Union
  [released on: 25/10/2012]
• Press Release: Montreal, 27 September 2012 – Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic is the sixth country to ratify 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.
  [released on: 26/09/2012]
• New publication: The Secretariat is developing a series of new communication materials. The first one: Bioscience at a crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on ABS in a time of scientific, technological and industry change is now available.
  [released on: 20/09/2012]
• Press Release: Montreal, 6 July 2012. With a spirit of compromise and constructive engagement, Governments concluded a week-long meeting where they advanced in the preparations for the entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing.
  [released on: 05/07/2012]
• Press Release: Megadiverse Mexico ratifies the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources
  [released on: 22/05/2012]
• Press Release: Seychelles fourth country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources
  [released on: 26/04/2012]
• Press Release: Rwanda third country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources
  [released on: 04/04/2012]
• Communiqué: International symposium to be held to share experiences and support effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 22/02/2012]
• Press Release: Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources achieves 92 signatories
  [released on: 02/02/2012]
• Communiqué: Australia becomes 76th signatory of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 22/01/2012]
• Communiqué: The Federated States of Micronesia becomes seventy-fifth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 15/01/2012]
• Press Release: Jordan becomes first country in the Arab region to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources
  [released on: 11/01/2012]
• Communiqué: Somalia becomes seventy-third signatory of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 09/01/2012]
• On 29 December 2011, Lithuania, became the seventy-first signatory of 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 (CBD).
  [released on: 04/01/2012]
• Cyprus, on 29 December 2011, became the seventy-second signatory of 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 and the thirty-seventh signatory of the Nagoya Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
  [released on: 04/01/2012]
• Communiqué: Vanuatu becomes sixty-eighth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit sharing
  [released on: 20/11/2011]
• Communiqué: Argentina becomes sixty-seventh signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing
  [released on: 15/11/2011]
• Press Release: Gabon becomes the first country to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources
  [released on: 13/11/2011]
• Report of the International Symposium on COP 10 and COP-MOP 5 Outcomes, Tokyo (15 March 2011)
  [released on: 07/11/2011]
• Press Release: Djibouti becomes sixty-fifth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources.
  [released on: 20/10/2011]
• Press Release: Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources achieves 64 signatures
  [released on: 27/09/2011]
• Press Release: Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources achieves 60 signatures
  [released on: 25/09/2011]
• Press Release: Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources achieves 54 signatures after seven months
  [released on: 19/09/2011]
• Communiqué: Bangladesh becomes the forty-second signatory to the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 07/09/2011]
• Communiqué: Antigua and Barbuda becomes the first Caribbean island country to sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization
  [released on: 31/07/2011]
• Spain becomes 40th signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing and the 25th signatory of the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  [released on: 24/07/2011]
• Communiqué: Costa Rica becomes the 38th Signatory of the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 10/07/2011]
• Press Release: Policy makers and senior officials briefed on the coherent implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 29/06/2011]
• Press Release: European Union and 12 Member States sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization
  [released on: 22/06/2011]
• Press Release: Governments establish basis for implementation of Nagoya Protocol on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 12/06/2011]
• Communiqué: East African Legislative Assembly prepares resolution on Nagoya Protocol
  [released on: 07/06/2011]
• Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive, on the occasion of the first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their utilization, 6 June 2011, Montreal, Canada
  [released on: 05/06/2011]
• Press Release: Governments meet to prepare for the entry into force of the Nagoya treaty on access and benefit-sharing for genetic resources
  [released on: 05/06/2011]
• Press Release: Collaborating to build Capacity for Two New Treaties on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 05/06/2011]
• Communiqué: Ghana Becomes 24th Country to Sign International Treaty on Genetic Resources
  [released on: 24/05/2011]
• Communique: Mauritania Becomes 23rd Signatory to the Two New Biodiversity Treaties
  [released on: 19/05/2011]
• Communiqué: Gabon Signs the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization
  [released on: 17/05/2011]
• Press Release: 21 Parties Have Now Signed the Nagoya Protocol.
  [released on: 10/05/2011]
• Communiqué: Panama and Peru Sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources.
  [released on: 04/05/2011]
• Communiqué: Sudan Becomes the 11th Country to Sign the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources.
  [released on: 27/04/2011]
• Press Release: Momentum Gained for the Early Entry into Force of the Nagoya Protocol on Genetic Resources.
  [released on: 06/04/2011]
• Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Opening of the Fourth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 14 March 2011, Bali, Indonesia.
  [released on: 13/03/2011]
• Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of The Ministerial Conference on the occasion of the Fourth Regular Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 11 March 2011, Bali, Indonesia.
  [released on: 10/03/2011]
• Press Release: Rwanda Sixth Country to Sign International Protocol on Genetic Resources.
  [released on: 27/02/2011]
• Press Release: Mexico Signs Nagoya Protocol on Genetic Resources: Megadiverse Country is the Fifth Signatory to the Historic Treaty.
  [released on: 24/02/2011]
• Mexico will sign the Nagoya Protocol on 24 February 2011.
  [released on: 22/02/2011]
• Communiqué: GEF Approves New Project to Support Early Entry into Force of the Nagoya Protocol.
  [released on: 06/02/2011]
• Press Release: A New Legal Instrument at the Service of Sustainable Development Opens for Signature.
  [released on: 01/02/2011]
• Opening for Signature of 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
  [released on: 29/12/2010]
• 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, Nagoya, 29 October 2010 Will Be Opened for Signature by Parties to the Convention at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 2 February 2011 until 1 February 2012.
  [released on: 14/12/2010]
• Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the High-Level Roundtable on the Importance of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Meeting the Challenge of Enhancing Food Security in the Face of Climate Change and Erosion of Agrobiodiversity, 1 October 2010, Rome, Italy.
  [released on: 30/09/2010]
• Press Release: One Step Further towards the Adoption of the Aichi Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing.
  [released on: 20/09/2010]
• Notification: Resumed ninth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 9), Nagoya, Japan, 16 October 2010
  [released on: 02/09/2010]
• Press Release: Governments Make Major Advances on Global Agreement on Planet’s Genetic Resources.
  [released on: 15/07/2010]
• Press Release: Governments Meet to Finalize a Legal Instrument on Genetic Resources for Development.
  [released on: 08/07/2010]
• Publication on the implications of ABS for academic non-commercial research.
  [released on: 30/05/2010]
• ABS Publications from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
  [released on: 25/04/2010]
• Press Release: The Draft Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing is born in Cali.
  [released on: 27/03/2010]
• Press Release: Governments Discuss Text of Protocol for the Sharing of Benefits from the Genetic Resources of the Planet.
  [released on: 21/03/2010]
• Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Ninth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing, Cali, Colombia, 22 March 2010
  [released on: 21/03/2010]
• Press Release: Talks Begin to Finalize the International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing of the Earth’s Genetic Resources.
  [released on: 17/03/2010]
• Communiqué: President Pohamba of Namibia Opens the African Ministerial Conference on Access and Benefit-sharing.
  [released on: 08/03/2010]
• Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the African Ministerial Conference on Access And Benefit-Sharing, Windhoek, 8 March 2010.
  [released on: 07/03/2010]
• Opening Remarks by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the Pacific Regional Consultations in Support of the Finalization of the International Regime on Access & Benefit-Sharing, 15-16 February 2010, Auckland, New Zealand.
  [released on: 14/02/2010]
• Opening Remarks by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Access and Benefit-Sharing Regional Consultations for Central and Eastern European Countries, 9-10 February 2010, Isle of Vilm, Germany.
  [released on: 08/02/2010]
• Opening Remarks by the CBD Secretariat at the GRULAC Regional Consultations in Support of the Finalization of the International Regime on Access & Benefit-sharing, 15-16 January 2010, Panama City, Panama.
  [released on: 14/01/2010]
• Welcome Note by the CBD Secretariat for the Asian Regional Consultations in Support of the Finalization of the International Regime on Access & Benefit-sharing, 4-6 December 2009, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
  [released on: 03/12/2009]
• Press Release: Major Advances toward the Nagoya International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing.
  [released on: 15/11/2009]
• Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Closing Session of the Eighth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing, Montreal, 15 November 2009.
  [released on: 14/11/2009]
• New ABS paper: Preserving International Access to Genetic Resources for Non-commercial Biodiversity Research.
  [released on: 11/11/2009]
• Statement by Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening Session of the Eighth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing, Montreal, 9 November 2009.
  [released on: 08/11/2009]
• Press Release: Negotiations on An International Regime on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing to Continue in Montreal.
  [released on: 07/11/2009]
• ASEAN Regional Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources and Their Uses: Rationale, held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 26-28 August 2009, organized by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity.
  [released on: 16/09/2009]
• The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) launched its fifth book of the 'ABS Series' – a five-volume sub-series of the ELP’s Environmental Policy and Law Papers.
  [released on: 03/09/2009]
• New article by Santiago Pastor Soplín and Manuel Ruiz Muller: The Development of an International Regime on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Benefit Sharing in a Context of New Technological Developments.
  [released on: 19/07/2009]
• First Workshop on Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) and Forests held in Nairobi, 22-25 June 2009: The workshop brought together more than 50 forest and ABS experts from across Africa, and resulted in a set of recommendations to better integrate ABS and forest sector policies and their implementation.
  [released on: 29/06/2009]
• The International Vilm Workshop on Matters related to Traditional Knowledge associated with Genetic resources and the ABS Regime to be held on the Isle of Vilm, Germany, on 6-10 July 2009.
  [released on: 17/06/2009]
• The Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing is now available on the web.
  [released on: 10/05/2009]
• New report by UNU/IAS and UNEP on “Benefit Sharing in ABS: Options and Elaboration” presented at ABS-7.
  [released on: 04/05/2009]
• Power point presentations made at side events during WGABS-7
  [released on: 04/04/2009]
• Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Opening Session of the Seventh Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, 2 April 2009.
  [released on: 01/04/2009]
• Building a Global Partnership on Access and Benefit-sharing
  [released on: 31/03/2009]
• Further to notification 2008-168 of 19 December 2008, which called for peer review of studies carried out in accordance with decision IX/12 paragraph 13, the Executive Secretary is pleased to announce that the drafts of the final two studies have been received and are now available for peer review.
  [released on: 22/02/2009]
• Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights - Advanced International Training Programme - 2009. Deadline for Application is January 15, 2009.
  [released on: 31/12/2008]