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 : text and annex.

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2011Corporate Author
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
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15pp.
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This booklet contains the text and annex of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic
Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefi ts Arising from their Utilization to the
Convention on Biological Diversity. The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature on 5 June 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio
“Earth Summit”) and entered into force on 29 December 1993. The Convention is
the only international instrument comprehensively addressing biological diversity.
The Convention’s three objectives are the conservation of biological diversity, the
sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits
arising from the utilisation of genetic resources.
To further advance the implementation of the third objective, the World Summit on
Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, September 2002) called for the negotiation
of an international regime, within the framework of the Convention, to promote
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Secretariat of the Convention on Biological DiversityMontreal, Canada
Document Language
enSustainable Development Goals (SDG)
14.ABest Practice Type
Best PracticeManual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc)
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92-9225-306-9Citation
Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity (2011) 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 : text and annex. Montreal, Canada, Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity, 15pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-789Collections