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Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure
(MSR)
last updated: 16 Jun 2026
BIOCULTURAL COMMUNITY PROTOCOL
Cameroon became a recognized party to the Nagoya Protocol on access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable sharing of the Benefits arising from their utilisation, on 28 February 2017. It establishes legal certainty and transparency for both providers and users of genetic resources. Cameroon elaborated and adopted its national ABS strategy in July 2012 and validated its action plan in 2016. In this light, information was needed to facilitate the development of this Bicultural Community Protocol for the community of Lewoh that will in turn facilitate partnerships with the private sector and government in the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. The main objective this Biocultural Community Protocol is to ensure that the community of Lewoh’s needs, rights and concerns relating to the conservation, use and access to genetic resources (such as Mondia whitei) (including associated traditional knowledge) are well articulated and to facilitate partnerships with the government and private sector. The specific objectives were to describe the people of Lewoh and their cultural practices most especially with regards to the use of genetic resources as well as associated traditional knowledge and to understand the procedure of access to their genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. From the 1st June 2018, focused group discussions took place in the Lewoh Community to document their culture, customs and customary laws as well as their community-based resource management. The organization of the community was also documented. This information was used to elaborate the first bicultural community protocol in Cameroon.
Community
(Lewoh Community, Alou Subdivision, Lebialem Division, South-West Region)
Community protocols and procedures
Yes
National Guidelines of Elaboration
- Biocultural Community Protocol for Lewoh Community.pdf ( ABS ) [ English ]
EN
Alou, South West RegionPerson:His Majesty, Fon Lekelefac Aloysius
, CameroonPhone: +237 677 80 39 63,Fax:Email: fotabongdiana@gmail.com,Website:
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ABSCH-MSR-CM-256334-2 Legislative, Administrative or Policy Measure LAW N°2021/014 of july 2021 TO GOVERN ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES, THEIR DERIVATIVES, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC RESOURCE AND THEIR FAIR EQUITABLE SHARING OF THE BENEFIT ARISING FROM THEIR UTILIZATIONThis law governs access to genetic resources, their derivatives, associated, traditional knowledge and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their utilization.
The purpose of this law shall be to:- Support the valorization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge to promote their conservation and sustainable use;- Regulate access to genetic resources, their derivatives and/or associated traditional knowledge;- Ensure the involvement of indigenous and local communities in sharing the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources or associated traditional knowledge;- Promote and encourage the use of research findings as well as the documentation of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge;- Contribute to improving the living conditions of indigenous and local communities;- Improve the contribution of biodiversity to human development and well-being;- Discover and make available genetic information.
Article 19. The State shall take measures to ensure the protection of communities' intellectual property rights relating to associated traditional knowledge, including the use of existing intellectual property systems, adapted intellectual property rights and new sui generis autonomous systems, as well as:
- Law on unfair competition ;
- the utilization of contracts and permits ;
- registers, inventories and databases;
- customary and indigenous laws and protocols;
- laws and programmes for the conservation of cultural heritage;
- the general law of civil responsibility;
- personality rights;
- unjust enrichment;
- Confidential information.
Article 20. Each community having the associated traditional knowledge, shall establish a Biocultural Community Protocol which determines the conditions of access and utilization of their associated traditional knowledge and it shall be taken as the basis for the negotiations of the Mutually Agreed Terms.
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