Access and Benefit-Sharing for Genetic Resources
Publication date : 29/10/2004 | Document Number : 212/12
The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) decided at its 7th meeting to elaborate and negotiate an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing with the aim of adopting an instrument\instruments to effectively implement the [access and benefit sharing provisions] of the Convention and the three objectives of the Convention (COP 7, Decision 28).
The paper describes the obligations in the CBD and highlights some of the considerations that will need to be kept in perspective as the countries advance this transition both within the CBD process and in related intergovernmental forums. It focuses particularly on complications to this transition that derive from the evolving patterns of use of genetic resources; on identifying those governmental and intergovernmental forums that will play a key role in the orderly transition to post-CBD processes; and on identifying some of the major issue areas that have arisen in those forums that will have to be addressed.
The paper also discusses some implications of the CBD provisions for other multi-lateral agreements.
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