International Union for the Conservation of Nature Report Released: An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing

This month, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released a report titled, An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing. The 395-page report available here, as a downloadable pdf, discusses

[t]he main goal of this Explanatory Guide is to facilitate the understanding of the legal obligations of the Parties under the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity. This publication serves as an adaptable tool for future ABS capacity-building and awareness raising initiatives, as well as an important reference for countries in their efforts to implement the Nagoya Protocol and operationalize ABS in practice.