The CETAF Code of Conduct and Best Practices on ABS (CETAF CoC) has been recognized as best practices under (EU) Regulation No 511/2014, as per Commission Decission dated 10 May 2019. This first and unique recognition credits the understanding of the ...

The guidelines on ‘Dialogues in Ethical BioTrade,’ developed by the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT), aim to provide companies working with the Ethical BioTrade Standard with practical guidance on establishing dialogues in the context of their sourc ...

This publication explains Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing (ABS) and its implications for academic research. The guide offers comprehensive information to assist scientists and research institutions in planning and performing research ...

The toolbox contains a set of model contractual clauses and easy to understand explanations for non-lawyers. The toolbox can be used to draft Mutually Agreed Terms adapted to the specific situation of publicly funded, academic research. The suggested ...

Los Jardines Botánicos en México no son sujeto directo de la aplicacón del Protocolo de Nagoya en México pero retoman el espíritu del mismo a través de su Código de Conducta. Este instrumento orienta sus tareas académias en las comunidades, facilita ...

CETAF code of conduct and best practices was developed in the context of Article 20 of the Protocol, and Article 8 and 13 of the EU Regulation (EU) No 511/2014. The document outlines the governing principles under which collections are managed and co ...

These draft guidelines provide practical information for providers and recipients of GRs and relevant policy and legal information. They illustrate the practical IP issues that providers and recipients are likely to face when negotiating an agreement ...

The Code of Ethics of the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) reflects the vision of the Society and provides a framework for decision-making and conduct for ethnobiological research and related activities. The goals are to facilitate ethical ...

The Biotechnology Industry Organization developed Guidelines for BIO Members Engaging in Bioprospecting (Guidelines) in 2005 to educate BIO Members about the relevant issues that could arise in the conduct of bioprospecting activities and to provide ...

A framework to help gardens and herbaria develop policies and procedures on access and benefit-sharing. 28 botanic gardens and herbaria from 21 countries developed a common approach on access and benefit-sharing that includes Principles on Access to ...

The purpose of the guidelines is to provide research institutions and decision makers with different agreements that can help them in their relations of access and benefit sharing, in light of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the recently adop ...

The ABS Management Tool (ABS-MT) is a best practice standard and a handbook that provides voluntary guidance to the users and providers of genetic resources - a tool on ABS practice to help companies, researchers, indigenous and local communities, an ...

The International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes as presented at the International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology, Montréal, 2014, with updated lists of conserved and rejected bacterial names and of Opinions issued by the Judi ...

GGBN’s original requirements were for an MTA that would: • cover both temporary and permanent transfer (including material to be destroyed during analysis or at the end of the agreement). • be for use between members of the GGBN, not between members ...

The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) is a global network of well-managed collections of genome quality tissue samples and DNA from across the Tree of Life, benefiting society through biodiversity research, and long-term conservation of the a ...

The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) is a global network of well-managed collections of genomic tissue samples from across the Tree of Life, benefiting society through biodiversity research, and long-term conservation of the archived materia ...

The rules on “Access and Benefit-sharing” apply to commercial as well as to non-commercial research. A scientist doing basic or applied research on biological material or traditional knowledge associated to this material, must comply with the respect ...

The Microbial Resources Research Infrastructure (MIRRI), a pan-European distributed research infrastructure for microbial domain Biological Resource Centers (mBRCs) , developed the MIRRI Best Practice Manual on Access and Benefit Sharing. This tool w ...

TRUST is a system having as backbone the Global Catalogue of Microorganisms (http://gcm.wfcc.info/) and using the expertise of MOSAICC, MOSAICS and other initiatives run by the World Federation for Culture Collections (WFCC) and the Belgian Coordinat ...