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T1 Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing: A Review of Existing Frameworks
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 
K1 genetic resource
K1 biological diversity
K1 benefit-sharing mechanism
K1 Brazil
K1 Colombia
K1 Ecuador
K1 European Union
K1 India
K1 Japan
K1 Peru
K1 South Africa
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/38476
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/38476
NO This report pursues the following main objectives: (i) To provide an up-to-date overview of selected national, and as appropriateregional, policy and legal frameworks on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing (ii) To contribute to the promotion of South South cooperation on these issues in order to advance the access and benefit-sharing agenda.The structure of the report aims to respond to these two objectives. Following a brief description of the methodology used (section 2), an overview of access and benefit-sharing at the global level is presented (section 3). Section 4 systematises information of theaccess and benefit-sharing regimes from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the European Union (EU), India, Japan, Peru, and South Africa, providing an overview of the domestic frameworks in place. Based on this information, section 5 presents an overview of some key elements identified in the case studies, including a simple comparative analysis. The last part of the section includes a brief summary of key next steps and prospects for the future based on the work that is underway at the domestic level in the covered case studies.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 21, 2026