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published: 28 Jun 2017 last updated: 07 Oct 2025
General Information
Guatemala
Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas -CONAP-
5a. Avenida 6-06 zona 1, Edificio IPM, Niveles 5, 6, 7 y 9
Guatemala,
Guatemala
01001,
Guatemala
  • +502 1547 ext. 703, 607
Legislative, administrative or policy basis for the competence of the Competent National Authority
  • ABSCH-MSR-GT-206454-2 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Governamental Agreement 171-2014
    Ratification of  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 on May 11 of 2011.
    Designation of National Council of Protected Areas as national focal point  for the Acces and Participation on the benefits and as the National Competent Authority on Acces and Participation on the benefits of Nagoya Protocol
  • ABSCH-MSR-GT-237672-1 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Decreto Legislativo 5-95 Ratificación Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica
    Decreto del Congreso de la República de Guatemala, por el cual se ratifica la suscripción de Guatemala como parte del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica de las Naciones Unidas.
  • ABSCH-MSR-GT-206455-1 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Legislative Decree 6-2014, approval of The Nagoya Protocol
    Decree concerning the approval of 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 Diversit.

    Article 1. 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 is approved.

    Article 2. The total number of Members of Congress of the Republic approved in one debate and came into force the following day of its publication in the official gazette .
  • ABSCH-MSR-GT-237673-1 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Ley de Áreas Protegidas y su Reglamento
    Los objetivos de la Ley de Áreas Protegidas son
    1. Asegurar el funcionamiento óptimo de los procesos ecológicos esenciales y de los sistemas naturales vitales para el beneficio de todos los guatemaltecos.
    2. Lograr la conservación de la diversidad biológica del país.
    3. Alcanzar la capacidad de una utilización sostenida de las especies y ecosistemas en todo el territorio nacional.
    4. Defender y preservar el patrimonio natural de la Nación.
    5. Establecer las áreas protegidas necesarias en el territorio nacional con carácter de utilidad pública e interés social.
  • ABSCH-MSR-GT-206789-1 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Establishment of the Institutional Technical Unit from National Council of Protected Areas to support the management of access to genetic resources

    This is a measurement to conform the Institutional Technical Unit from the National Council of Protected  Areas to support the managment of access to genetic resources. This technical unit have some functions such as:

    -Identify and promote mechanisms for the development of institutional capacities for institutional access management.

    -Promote the integration of an institutional body for the development of individual access policies, including defining future characteristics of processes and access events

    -Establishment of the minimum conditions to begin a process of access, and the characteristics of each stage of the process for approval

    -Receive, evaluate and accept applications or access projects

    -Issue a certificate of having fulfilled the established processes for access

    -Monitor and control the phases or stages of access

Summary of ABS Responsibilities
Responsible for all genetic resources. Only designated competent national authority (CNA) for the country.
Additional Information
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Record type Field Record(s)
ABS Procedure Where should applications for access be made? 1
Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure Contact Institution 3
Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance Issuing authority 1
Internationally Recognized Certificates of Compliance The provider 1

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