During nearly two decades Valérie led the work on access and benefit-sharing (ABS) at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). She was at the heart of the negotiations of the Nagoya Protocol and lead efforts towards its ratification and entry into force. In 2019 she joined UEBT where she is now Senior biodiversity policy advisor and ABS coordinator. She shares in this interview the work UEBT is doing with companies regarding ABS and what her hopes are for the Post-2020 biodiversity framework regarding this specific issue.
Read her interview here
Find out more about the UEBT and their work.
UEBT Podcast - A Cup of BiodiversiTea - https://absch.cbd.int/en/database/VLR/ABSCH-VLR-SCBD-259916
UEBT ABS Country Factsheets - https://absch.cbd.int/en/database/VLR/ABSCH-VLR-SCBD-259938
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