Tag: CBD

6th Panafrican Workshop on Access to genetic resources and sharing of the benefits (ABS)

30th January this year will be a busy day for CBD and ABS workshops. Taking place on the same day are the

APA African Initiative: 6th Panafrican Workshop on Access to genetic resources and sharing of the benefits (ABS), Limbé, Cameroun
and the
SCBD: Sub-Regional Workshop for Central, South and East Africa on Capacity-building for Implementation of the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas; Cape Town, South Africa

More details of both these workshops can be had from the Executive Secretariat of COMIFAC (comifac@comifac.org)

Nagoya Protocol – Guinea and Morocco sign

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.