The latest signatories to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are Guinea and Morocco on 9 December 2011. The total number of signatories is now 70. The Nagoya Protocol was opened for signature in February 2011. 90 days after deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification, the Nagoya Protocol will enter into force.
