2020 is known as the super year for biodiversity. After a series of devastating fires, floods and climate change related events that put nature more than ever as a top priority for humanity, a number of key international meetings were to be conducted throughout the year to set the agenda for environmental action for the next ten years. …
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Private companies from the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, agriculture, biotechnology and other sectors use genetic resources for the development of products that are essential to society and contribute to implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Nagoya Protocol and national ABS laws and policies provide the guidance, rules and procedures under which these companies can access and …
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During the Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBC) in Egypt, on November 2018, the debate on how to deal with ABS of Digital Sequence Information (DSI) has been intense. Divergent views were expressed on what is covered under the term and which term is best …
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The workshop “Implementation of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) from the use of Genetic Resources in Jordan: A practical approach”, organized by the UNDP-GEF Global ABS Project, took place from July 17th to 18th in the Dead Sea, Jordan. This event was conducted under the patronage of Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Basma Bint Ali, …
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The workshop “Implementation of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) of Genetic Resources in Jordan: A practical approach”, organized by the UNDP-GEF Global ABS Project, will take place from July 17th to 18th in Sowayma, Jordan. This event will be conducted under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Ali, Chairperson of the National …
The native flora of Jordan includes many economically important groups of plants such as plants of medicinal values, many wild edible plants and Crop Wild Relatives (CWR). CWRs are the wild cousins of our cultivated crops and are genetically related to food crop varieties. Untended by humans, they continue to evolve in the wild, developing …
Aware that the protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue, which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world, the United Nations designated 5 June as World Environment Day. The celebration of this day provides us with an opportunity to broaden the basis for an enlightened opinion and …
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Даты проведения: 9-12 апреля 2019 г. Место проведения: г. Стамбул (Региональный центр ПРООН) Контактное лицо: Фернандо Лопес Семинар профессионального сообщества по Нагойскому протоколу регулирования доступа к генетическим ресурсам и совместного использования на справедливой и равной основе выгод от их применения, который организуется в рамках Глобального проекта ПРООН-ГЭФ в области доступа к генетическим ресурсам и совместного …
The theme for the International Women’s Day 2019, “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”, offers a great opportunity to discuss ways and approaches among ABS practitioners to ensure that different social-groups involved along ABS-compliant value chains, particularly women, youth and elderly are empowered to fully benefit from the utilization of genetic resources and associated …
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