The Convention has three clearing-house mechanisms:the main clearing-house mechanism of the Conventi
At the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 14) to the Convention on Biological
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Developing a national ABS Clearing-House is not a requirement of the Protocol. However, if a country
The CBD Secretariat organizes webinars, trainings and workshops to build capacity for the use of the
Paragraph 1(c) of the modalities of operation of the ABS Clearing-House (decision NP-1/2, annex) pro
Facilitates connections between users and providers of genetic resources and associated traditional
Parties and Non-PartiesBy publishing national information on the ABS Clearing-House, Parties to the
In practical terms, ABS Clearing-House is a website, administered by the CBD Secretariat and establi
The Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House (ABS Clearing-House, ABSCH) is a platform for exchangi