INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background 1.2. Purpose of the guidelines 1.3. Target audience 1.4. Definitions 1.5. Rappel des fondements clés de l’APA 1.6. Reminder of the key points of the ABS Law in Cameroon 1.7. Socio-economic and environmental impact of the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in Cameroon GUIDELINES FOR BENEFIT SHARING Directive1. Implementing benefit-sharing principle Directive 2. Negotiating benefits Directive 3. Identifying the recipients of benefits Directive 4. Préciser les canaux de mobilisation des avantages monétaires et les parts affectées aux activités de conservation, d’utilisation durable et de restauration de la biodiversité Directive 5. Ensuring good governance in benefits management Directive 6. Setting up a management monitoring mechanism at the community level GUIDELINES ON FUNDING OPTIONS Directive 7. Targeting funding options according to the typology of the provider entities GUIDELINES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY Directive 8. Ensuring coherence of biodiversity conservation and sustainable use actions with national priorities Directive 9. Prioritizing conservation, sustainable use and biodiversity restoration Directive 10. Considering various conservation options to be made either at the genetic, species or ecosystem levels Directive 11. Applying precautionary principle, environmental and social protections Directive 12. Providing for the sustainable management of biological and genetic resources Directive 13. Ensuring the participation of indigenous and local communities in biodiversity management and conservation GUIDELINES ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF GENETIC RESOURCES Directive 14. Promoting national research and development on genetic resources for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and technology transfer Directive 15. Sharing benefits on research and development GUIDELINES ON THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE Directive 16. Protecting traditional knowledge Directive 17. Requesting explicit access to traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources Directive 18. Activating mechanisms for the protection of traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources MONITORING, EVALUATION AND COMMUNICATION