UNDP-GEF Global ABS 2020-year resolutions for people and planet

1 Apr 2020 – This year marks a turning point 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…

Panamá presentó sus logros sobre acceso a recursos genéticos y participación de los beneficios

23 Mar 2020 – Un nuevo marco regulatorio de acceso a recursos genéticos y biológicos, proyectos de bioprospección, un plan de biodiversidad con perspectiva de género, protocolos bioculturales logrados a través de procesos participativos…

Uruguay finalizó el proceso de adecuación de su legislación al Protocolo de Nagoya

21 Feb 2020 – El Proyecto Global ABS PNUD – GEF en Uruguay concluyó con éxito el pasado 18 de febrero de 2020 en una actividad de cierre con autoridades de los organismos integrantes…

Botswana keeps sending forth its ABS regime

5 Feb 2020 – The Department of Environmental Affairs of the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, Conservation and Tourism and the United Nations Development Programme under the implementation framework of the UNDP-GEF Global ABS…

Training Workshop on IT Monitoring Tool for ABS in India

3 Feb 2020 – A training-workshop organized by the Indo-German ABS Partnership and the National Biodiversity Authority of India, in collaboration with the UNDP-GEF Global ABS Project, was held at Chennai, India, to present…

Unlocking Kenya´s Business Potential Arising from the use of its Biodiversity and Associated Traditional Knowledge

28 Jan 2020 – UNDP-Kenya, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Council of Governors (CoG) Secretariat, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and the Kenyan Wildlife Service organized an expert…

Jornada de capacitación sobre las medidas de APB y el Protocolo de Nagoya en Honduras

19 Dec 2019 – El Proyecto Global ABS PNUD-GEF Honduras, en conjunto con la Dirección General de Biodiversidad (DiBio), del Ministerio de Ambiente de dicho país, y con el apoyo del Componente de Voluntarios…

Training on Negotiating and Drafting ABS Agreements under the Nagoya Protocol

12 Dec 2019 – A Regional Workshop of the UNDP-GEF Global ABS Project “Strengthening human resources, legal frameworks, and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol” The National Biodiversity and Biosafety Center (NBBC) of…

El Valor del Voluntariado en la Implementación del Proyecto Global ABS PNUD-GEF

6 Dec 2019 – “El voluntariado refuerza el compromiso cívico, protege la inclusión social, afianza la solidaridad y solidifica el sentido de apropiación de los recursos de Desarrollo.”   -UN Muchas veces damos por sentado…

Samoa Takes the Lead in the Region in the Protection of Genetic Resources

26 Nov 2019 – Apia, 22nd November 2019 – Samoa has become the first Pacific nation to implement a key safeguard to protect the legal use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge through its…

Safeguarding Innovation: Preparing the Ground for Access and Benefit Sharing in Rwanda

19 Nov 2019 – Have you ever heard of the term ‘Access and Benefit Sharing’- or ABS in short? ABS is an internationally agreed mechanism for accessing genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, and…

Government Officials get Ready to Regulate the use of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge in Samoa.

13 Nov 2019 – Under the UNDP-GEF Global ABS Project on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS), a selected team of officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Division of Environment and Conservation)…