Vietnamese expert discovered a new species of tiny frog
During a research collaboration between Vu Quang National Park, Vietnam National Museum of Nature and experts from Russia, Germany and China, the team discovered and announced a new [...]
Brazil Ratifies the Nagoya Protocol: One Step Further to Unlock the Potential of Brazilian Biodiversity
On March 4, 2021, Brazil ratified the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (“Nagoya Protocol” [...]
Indonesia vulnerable to biopiracy: Siregar
Indonesia is among the countries most vulnerable to biopiracy on account of its rich biodiversity, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Mahendra Siregar has said.Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Mahendra Siregar [...]
Focus on the target Project Access and benefit sharing from genetic resources
On the afternoon of March 24, Deputy Minister Vo Tuan Nhan chaired an online meeting on the Capacity Building Project for ratifying and implementing the Nagoya Protocol on [...]
Sharing pathogens but not the benefits during pandemics
Western nations and pharma companies have, for long, allegedly appropriated and taken thousands of pathogen specimens and data without permission from developing countriesJust over a year ago, Chinese [...]
Brazil: Nagoya Protocol
The Nagoya Protocol is a global agreement, supplementary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which regulates the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilisation of [...]
Kenya to remember Nagoya Protocol
Kenya ratified the Nagoya protocol on May 1 2014. The Protocol was created in Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010.Flamingos at Lake Bogoria National Reserve in Baringo county The stage [...]
Report periodically on access to genetic resources
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has just issued Circular 10/2020/TT-BTNMT regulating the reporting of access to genetic resources and benefit sharing from the use of genetic [...]
Photo of red-shanked douc wins the first prize at Vietnam Biodiversity Photo Contest
Winners of the 2020 Vietnam Biodiversity Photo Contest were honoured at an awards ceremony in Hanoi on October 1 with first prize going to Pham Van Phung for [...]
Doing Sustainable Business in Africa: Tools and Innovations for the Valorization of Genetic Resources in the II Pan African Community of Practice
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (MEECC) of the Republic of Seychelles, in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) through [...]