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1 January 2009
Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights - Advanced International Training Programme - 2009. Deadline for Application is January 15, 2009. More »
19 December 2008
With a view to supporting the negotiating process of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing, the Conference of the Parties requested the Secretariat (decision IX/12, paragraph 13) to commission five studies on technical and legal issues. The first drafts of these studies are available for peer review by Parties, international organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders. More »

Notifications

19 December 2008 (2008-168)
Access and Benefit-sharing: Peer review process for ABS studies commissioned in accordance with decision IX/12, paragraph 13. More »
12 December 2008 (2008-165)
Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS WG-7), Paris, France, 2-8 April 2009. More »
12 December 2008 (2008-164)
Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS WG-7), Paris, France, 2-8 April 2009. More »

Upcoming Meetings

27 - 30 January 2009, Tokyo, Japan
Group of Technical and Legal Experts on Compliance in the context of the International Regime on Access and Benefit-sharing. More »
2 - 8 April 2009, Paris, France
Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing. More »
4 - 22 May 2009, Svalov, Sweden
Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights - Advanced International Training Programme - 2009. More »

Publications

CBD Technical Series #38: Access and Benefit-sharing in Practice: Trends in Partnerships across Sectors

This publication fills gaps in current understanding of ABS partnerships, collaborations and contractual agreements in the range of sectors using genetic resources. It also provides key findings across sectors relating to prior informed consent and negotiations, agreements, compliance and tracking, benefit-sharing, intellectual property rights, and partnerships and arrangements.