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The Nagoya Protocol and its  implications on research in Colombia

ABS  in

Colombia

1994

The  

Convention on Biological Diversity 

Signed and ratified 

1996 

Decision 391 on Access to Genetic 

Resources

Andean Community

2002

The International 

Treaty on Plant 

Genetic Resources forFood and Agriculture

Signed 

2011

The Nagoya  

Protocol on 

Access andBenefit‐sharing

Signed

Research on 

Biodiversity in 

Colombia

Institutions

http://www.plebio.unal.edu.co/images/pdf/documentacion_publicaciones/invest_biodiv_colombia_propuesta_acceso.pdf

99 %non –commercial     

use 

Results565 projects registered

Indigenous or  local communities 565 41 2

The  Nagoya 

protocol

Access contracts

Facilitate access:

CertaintyTransparencyCooperation Flexibility

Traditional  Knowledge  & PIC 

Reactivation of projects in protection of Traditional Knowledge Associated with Biodiversity (community protocols)

Codes of conduct

Access to Information

Biodiversity 

Information 

System

ABS - CH TK with 

biodiversityNet

Thanks

Juliana Velezjuliana76@gmail.comConsultant on ABS  

Photos.  Mauricio Salcedo,  Francisco NietoAlexander von Humboldt Institute. Colombia. www.humboldt.org.co