491) The role of traditional knowledge and access of genetic resources in biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia

The article examines international treaties linking trade and environment, their governance models and implementation in the context of Southeast Asia. Particular attention is being paid to the role of intellectual property concepts, customary law and traditional knowledge as incentives for biodiversity...

Subject: Traditional Knowledge

Regions: Asia

Publication year: 2010

492) Colombia National Seeds System Retrospective Study

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication year: 2023

493) Developing a Methodology to Balance Benefit-Sharing: Application in the Context of Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction

The aim of this paper is to develop and demonstrate a benefit-sharing balance methodology which can be used as a tool to help decision-makers to select options in an objective and transparent manner. Application in the biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction context provides a useful example of how...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2020

494) Can a People’s Biodiversity Register Contribute to Conservation?

The loss of biodiversity is becoming a major threat in India and across the world. In an attempt to preserve India’s vast biodiversity, the Indian government enacted the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. This Act provisions for Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) at the local level, which aim to...

Subject: Crop diversity

Regions: Asia

Publication year: 2021

495) Guidelines on the Nagoya Protocol for CGIAR Research Centers

Most of the CGIAR Research Centers’ activities related to the conservation, research and development and distribution of plant genetic resources are governed by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and not by the Nagoya Protocol. However, there are...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2018