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published: 22 Nov 2017 last updated: 19 Dec 2017

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Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) policies in a changing climate in Central America and Dominican Republic
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Rafael Vega
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2017-01
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Climate change is expected to greatly affect biodiversity in Central America and the Caribbean region. Global climate models estimate Central America is a climate change “hotspot” at global scale. Overview of the region policies on climate change and biodiversity with a view of how ABS can be used as an instrument to promote resillience to climate change.
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  • Americas - Central America
  • Dominican Republic
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  • Aichi-T1. Awareness of biodiversity values
  • Aichi-T2. Integration of biodiversity values
  • Aichi-T10. Vulnerable ecosystems
  • Aichi-T13. Agricultural biodiversity
  • Aichi-T16. Nagoya Protocol on ABS
  • GBF-T16. Sustainable consumption choices are enabled, and food waste reduced by half
  • GBF-T14. The multiple values of biodiversity are integrated into decision-making at all levels
  • GBF-T08. Minimize impacts of climate change and ocean acidification including through nature-based solutions and/or ecosystem-based approaches
  • GBF-T04. Threatened species are recovering, genetic diversity is being maintained and human-wildlife conflict is being managed
  • GBF-T13. Fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources, digital sequence information and associated traditional knowledge
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Expertise Level: Intermediate
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