Nagoya Protocol: inter-governmental committee to hold a third meeting

When and where the negotiating parties will meet is yet to be decided

Developed countries to double biodiversity-related funds flow by 2015

Provided developing countries make robust baselines and reporting framework

Biodiversity meet begins; India takes over presidency of CBD

CoP 11 will decide future course of action plans to meet Aichi Targets

Cameroon adopts Nagoya Protocol to benefit from its rich biodiversity

Critical that country master real value of biological resources to better negotiate with companies that use them, says expert

Lateral Thoughts: Will benefits from genetic resources ever reach communities? 

Consensus on access and benefit sharing on genetic resources continues to be elusive   

Nagoya Protocol: landmark treaty on genetic resources to enter into force in October

Treaty mandates sharing of benefits from utilization of genetic resources and traditional knowledge with local communities

Can Montreal help communities: Here’s a look at access and benefit-sharing around the world

Communities managing and providing biodiversity resources do not get benefits, while users evade regulations

Road to COP15 Montreal: Indigenous groups in South Africa benefit from rooibos tea industry; here is how

Rooibos comes loaded with antioxidants that can boost immunity, reduce risks of heart diseases, protect from viral infection and has anti-…

Road to COP15 Montreal: Namibia’s unique scheme ensures implementation of Nagoya Protocol

Namibia allows the creation of community forests so indigenous groups can manage their own natural resources

Can Montreal help communities: Access and benefit-sharing mechanisms are yet to translate to real gains

Nagoya Protocol sets clear mandates for potential users of genetic resources to obtain prior informed consent  from the communities …

Road to COP15 Montreal: Cameroon hopes to benefit from its rich biodiversity

It also expects that the conference will result in commitments to foster technology transfer in a way that helps developing countries benefit …

Access and benefit-sharing: Paper proposes 8 principles on use of indigenous medicine

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted last year respects the rights of indigenous people on biodiversity  

Road to COP15 Montreal: Kenya’s local communities have had limited benefits from their natural resources; here is why

Many communities are vulnerable to manipulation, rendering the whole principle of fair and equitable sharing of benefits impractical

World Intellectual Property Organization working towards treaty on traditional knowledge, folklore

Draft text though fails to address the problem of biopiracy of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge using patents, says experts

G77, China appeal to developed countries to meet commitments on resource mobilisation

Financial targets agreed to by developed countries in Nagoya were to be determined at CoP 11 in Hyderabad

Nagoya Protocol comes into force

The biodiversity protection pact will ensure that benefits of natural resources and their commercial derivatives are shared with local communities

India has approved ratification of Nagoya Protocol

Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan calls for partnership between developed and developing countries to meet the challenges of protecting …

Big step for biocultural rights

The Nagoya Protocol promotes community stewardship of genetic resources. India needs to foster this

Biodiversity governance: A mix of knowledge and forest management for benefit sharing

People’s biodiversity register a roadmap for forest management plans; it documents knowledge of status, history, ongoing changes and …

Biodiversity governance: Access and benefit sharing and its implications on agricultural resources

A special instrument for access to crop genetic resources, access and benefit sharing (ABS) system, is fraught with challenges  

Biodiversity governance: The agreements and laws that help enforce it

Major legally binding conventions to protect nature were adopted at the Rio Summit where several countries came together amid rapidly …

'CBD has lost its track'

Bolivia is one of the few countries that has consistently been opposing treating biodiversity as a commodity at the ongoing Conference of Parties …

'Biodiversity authority needs autonomy'

Balakrishna Pisupati was the first biodiversity expert to head India's National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and had more than six months to go …

'Most countries don’t want to recognise indigenous people as people'

Mohammed Taghi Farvar, former director of Avicenna University in Iran, is a well-known ecologist and social scientist. At present, he is the …