Presentation for the CEBioS Conference 'Biodiversity & development, a global heritage'. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

1. Biodiversity
and genetic resources
in North and South
Introducing the Nagoya
Protocol on Access and
Benefit-sharing
Brendan Coolsaet

2. Access and Benefit-sharing?
Source: CBD ABS Information Kit, 2011

3. Why it matters
Source: Kaustuv Roy et al. PNAS 1998;95:3699-3702

4. Why it matters
Source: Barthlott, W., Kier, G. & Mutke, J. 1999. Biodiversity – The uneven distribution of a treasure. NNA Reports 12/1999: 18-28

5. Why it matters
Source: Khoury et al. (2015) Estimation of countries’ interdependence in plant genetic resources provisioning national food supplies and production systems. ITPGRFA Research Study 8

6. The use of genetic resources &
traditional knowledge in everyday products
Photo: Mike Mozart Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

7. The use of genetic resources &
traditional knowledge in everyday products

8. The use of genetic resources &
traditional knowledge in everyday products
Photo: Jack Rabin

9. The use of genetic resources &
traditional knowledge in everyday products
Photo: Sam Fentress Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0

10. The use of genetic resources &
traditional knowledge in everyday products
Photo: Ragesoss Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0

11. I want more
Convention on Biological Diversity: ABS Series
Factsheets on Genetic Resources, Access and Benefit-sharing, Traditional
Knowledge and the Nagoya Protocol - http://www.cbd.int/abs/
Scoop.it channel
Overview of world news and perspectives on the 2010 Nagoya Protocol
on Access and Benefit-Sharing to the Convention on Biological Diversity
- http://www.scoop.it/t/nagoya-protocol
ABS Clearing-House
(Inter)national platform for exchanging information on ABS and a key
tool for facilitating the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.
International Clearing-House: https://absch.cbd.int/
Belgian Clearing-House: http://www.biodiv.be/

12. Thank you
brendan.coolsaet@uclouvain.be
Twitter: @bcoolsaet