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Issue 21: November-December 2002 |
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Need for new ideas on There is an urgent need for new ideas on how countries can develop their capacity to manage their genetic resources, according to Prof. A.H. Zakri, director of UNU Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU/IAS). Prof. Zakri was welcoming delegates to a scoping meeting on access and benefit sharing (ABS) issues, convened by UNU/IAS and UN Environment Programme, and held in Kuala Lumpur October 7-9. The objective of the meeting – Capacity Building Approaches for Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing – was to exchange ideas and develop concrete proposals to address the capacity building needs of many countries. An important goal of the meeting was also to identify complementary approaches to the Bonn Guidelines and to consider capacity building needs of developing countries in developing regimes that promote benefit sharing of the use of genetic resources. Experts from all regions of the globe and from a wide variety of sectors, including government departments, non-governmental organisations, inter-governmental organisations, private sector, scientists, and indigenous peoples organisations participated in the meeting and agreed that capacities for the following activities require further development:
These recommendations be submitted to the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity for use by the Open-ended Expert Workshop on Capacity-Building for Access and Benefit Sharing and the second meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing and other relevant processes. The results of the meeting will help UNU/IAS and UNEP focus their efforts to better meet the needs of countries which are developing and implementing ABS regimes. ![]() |
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