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last updated: 16 Oct 2017
General information
Environmental Protection and Management Act, 2015
The Environmental Protection and Management Act, 2015:

AN ACT to provide for sustainable environmental protection and management, to establish effective allocation of administrative responsibilities for environment management, the undertaking and coordination of environmental management, and related activities, the incorporation of international treaty obligations with respect to the environment into national and law related matters. To establish and consolidate in one legal regime the Implementation of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements and to provide the framework financial mechanism to implement the Act. 

Part VIII of this Act speaks to Acess to Genetic Resources and the sharing of benefits.

National / Federal
Legally binding
12 May 2015
Law
No
Document details
Amendments
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Regulatory contact information
- Organization: Department of Environment (DOE) | ABSCH-CON-AG-238121-2
Organization:
Department of Environment (DOE)
Government agency (National/Federal)
#1 Victoria Park Botanical Gardens Factory Road
St. John's,
, Antigua and Barbuda
Phone: +1 268 462 4625,
Fax:
Email: antiguaenvironmentdivision@gmail.com,
Website:
Amendments
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  SCOPE OF THE MEASURE
  Genetic Resources
-   All types of genetic resources - found in - In-situ Ex-situ , Soil and/or water samples (Section 69 (1))
  Traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  ACCESS
  Access to genetic resources
  For commercial use ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  For non-commercial use ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  Access to traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, including prior informed consent or approval or involvement
  For commercial use ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  For non-commercial use ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  Provides for the issuance of a permit of its equivalent at the time of access for constituting an internationally recognized certificate of compliance ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  Established rules and procedures for mutually agreed terms ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  BENEFIT-SHARING
  Monetary benefits ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  Non-monetary benefits ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  For commercial use ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  For non-commercial use ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  COMPLIANCE
  Compliance with domestic legislation or regulatory requirements of the other Party (Article 15 and 16) ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  Issues related to monitoring the utilization of genetic resources (Article 17) ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  Compliance with mutually agreed terms (Article 18) ( Part VIII, Section 70 )
  RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
  Any other element relevant to relationship with other international instrument
-  CITES (Section 61)
  OTHER
  Capacity-building ( Section 67 )
  Reference to any other relevant articles and sections
-  Other Capacity Building (Section 71 (6))
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