Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Law No. 28216: Law on the Protection of Access to Peruvian Biological Diversity and the Collective Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples

The purpose of the present Law is to provide protection for access to Peruvian biological diversity and to the collective knowledge of indigenous peoples. Also available in Spanish
ThemePolicy Resources
CategoryLegislation and policies, Directives
PublisherPeru's Government House
Publication year2004
RegionsLatin America and the Caribbean
LanguagesSpanish; English
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/pe/pe013en.pdf
KeywordsTraditional Knowledge; Seed laws and regulations; Role of farmers and indigenous local communities; Access and benefit-sharing