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It is being taken into consideration in the development process of the legislative and administrative measures currently in progress
No selection made
No
Three Mutually Agreed Terms for access of to genetic ressources we established with no PIC yet. The reason bein that the PIC will only be established when the a national legislation requiring this will be enforce
There is certainly a clear desire to establish MAT before access while a law governing this process is yet to be developed in order to cover ressources that a being exploited and curb the problem of biopiracy
Not applicable, since no access requirements are in place
No selection made
No
No additional information provided
No
There is a general consensus that the legislative instrument currently under development should include this among the procedures for access
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Yes
Yes
some Local communities received benefits from the sales of the roots of Echinops giganteus. and Mondia whitei. and is yet to receive royalties from an Enterprise that had initially access the ressources on the bases of a MAT
Yes
- Laboratory materials were received from the french company which was offered to the University of Dschang;
- Local Researchers from the University of Dschang are also involved.
No additional information provided
- Incomplete process (non provision of permit due to inexistence of regulatory framework;
- Lack of consensus that on whether traditional knowledge was involved or not;
- Lack of capacity to monitor the use of the genetic resources at the level of user to ensure no change of use.
No
It is being considered in the development process of the legislative and administrative measures.
No
It is being considered in the development process of the legislative and administrative measures.
No
It is being considered in the development process of the legislative and administrative measures.
No additional information provided
Difficulties :
- in understanding NP due to its complexity;
- in the adoption of legal mesures to implement NP and to ensure monitoring in user-countries.
No
No selection made
No selection made
A legal and regulatory system is currently being developed to ensure that access to GR is granted after MAT and PIC are issued.
No
No selection made
No selection made
A legal and regulatory system is currently being developed to ensure that access to GR is granted after .in accordance with PIC or approval and involvement of indigenous and local communities and that MAT have been established
No
No selection made
This will be required in the law under development
No
Not selected
Yes
Cameroon has signed two (2) MATs with the French Enterprise V. MANE Fils, with clauses stipulating that information should be shared.
Yes
- The government of Cameroon encourages the use of cost-effective and efficient communication tools that are available through existing communication policies.
No additional information provided
- Difficulties in monitoring the use of GR due to the extensive and porous nature of the borders Cameroon shares with neighbouring countries.
Not applicable, since no access requirements are in place
Yes
- During the drafting of the Two (2) MATs mentioned above, clauses related to dispute resolutions were included.
Yes
- This aspect was considered in the signed MATs mentioned above.
Yes
Jurisdictions exist with procedural rules that apply to both nationals and foreigners.
Yes
Rules and procedures exists in the national legal system for the recognition of foreign judgement and arbitral awards
No additional information provided
Disparity in existing national legislations renders application of rules in foreign countries difficult. However, this could be resolved through cooperation agreements between States.
No
A legislative and regulatory measure is currently being developed and will address these issues.
Yes
Yes
No
No additional information provided
- Difficulties in implementing contracts signed before the adoption of NP;
- The need to review existing contracts to ensure conformity with NP
Yes
- Baka population (pygmies of the forest zones of the East Region of Cameroon);
- Bakola of forest areas of the South Region;
- Bedzam of the Centre Region;
- Bageli from the Coastal zones (Kribi);
- Mbororos (nomads of the savanna and grassland zones of Cameroon).
No
No selection made
No selection made
- Legal text under development.
- GR are part of national heritage.
No
- However, these measures will be included in the legal text currently being developed.
Yes
- Customs is recognised as a source of law in Cameroon.
Yes
- The ABS Strategy has been published in the ABS clearing house and clearly stipulates that access to GR is subject to a PIC.
No selection made
Yes
- This activity has been included in ABS projects under implementation in Cameroon.
Yes
- Procedures on guidance to negotiate MAT exists.
Yes
Studies are current in progress with the objective of developing model contractual clauses
Yes
- Customary use and exchange of GR is not limited within and among local communities
No selection made
No additional information provided.
- Difficulties in the association of TK to a particular holder;
- Difficulties in identifying that TK is involved in the use of a particular GR
Yes
- By ensuring these clauses are included in the MAT.
No answer provided
- During collection of Echinops giganteus and Mondia whitei measures were taken to ensure sustainability and conservation of resource through:
Domestication of species;
Popularisation of their use.
No additional information provided.
- In implementing measures of conservation, competition has arisen between cultivation of food crops and domestication of these wild species of interest to the private sector.
Yes
- Cooperations have been established within Regional Conservation initiatives such as Congo-Basin Forest Partnership, Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), Niger Basin Commission (NBC), TRIDOM, TRINATIONAL DE LA SANGHA, African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) in the management of protected areas with the involvement of indigenous population.
Not applicable, since there are no indigenous and local communities in my country
Yes
- Cooperations have been established within Regional Conservation initiatives such as Congo-Basin Forest Partnership, Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), Niger Basin Commission (NBC), TRIDOM, TRINATIONAL DE LA SANGHA, African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI) in the management of protected areas with the involvement of indigenous population
No additional information provided
- Difficulties with Sharing of benefits amongst countries concerned.
Yes
- Availability of common practice and format for MAT.
Yes
- African Union model law and Bonn guidelines on ABS have been used.
No additional information provided
- Lack of standard models contractual clauses for all cases.
Yes
Yes
- Sensitisation campaignes major ABS stakeholders
- Radio programes
- Development of posters
Yes
Yes
- Organisation of many capacity building workshops for traditional rulers and healers, researchers, public administrations, private sectors and parlemantarians.
Yes
- Funds have been received from the GEF, JICA, GIZ, IUCN, AFD and NPIF.
Yes
- Support has been provided externally through experience sharing with other African countries on implementation of NP.
No additional information provided
- Difficulties in covering all the cultural communities (over 250) of Cameroon during awareness raising.
No
- No cooperations in the domain of research yet, however, it has been envisaged in the future.
No additional information provided
Yes
- Counterpart funding has been provided by the State to support the implementation of NP.
Yes
Yes
Japan, France and Germany
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IUCN, JICA, AFD, GIZ.
Developing Projects that do not overlap in their implementation were submitted for funding.
More than THREE MILLION DOLLARS has been mobilized in support of the implementation of the Protocol since 2011
Yes
10 or more
The available staff are on temporal basis. No permanent staff has been recruited for NP implementation.
No information provided
This is a good reporting format for the NP implementation. It gives room for modification with time and therefore the information provided for Cameroon here might change or be different during the next six months.
