Presentations

ABS Presentations

Informal expert workshop on practical guidelines for equitable sharing of benefits of biological resources in BioTrade activities (PDF - 62 kb)
UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative - BioTrade Principles and Criteria (PDF - 48 kb)
Japan Bioindustry Association & METI - Guidelines on Access and Genetic Resources for Users in Japan (PDF - 544 kb)
Session 2: South African San Institute - Challenges experienced with regards to the negotiation and implementation of ABS regulations within South Africa, reflecting specifically on the experience with the Hoodia plant (PDF - 46 kb)
The ABS Management Tool Preliminary Impacts and Lessons Learnt from the Use of The MT in an ABS Case in Tanzania
(PDF - 135 kb)
Swiss Academy of Sciences - Access and Benefit Sharing Good Practice for Academic Research on Genetic Resources
(PDF - 541 kb)
Session 1: ABS-MT Project Description and Workshop Objectives (PPT - 872 kb)
Session 1: Australian Institute of Marine Science – The ABS-MT at AIMS (PPT - 26.2 mb)
Session 1: Sarawak Biodiversity Centre – ABS-MT International Stakeholder Workshop (PPT - 3.2 mb)
Session 1: World Foundation for Environment and Development – Lessons Learned in…Tanzania (PPT - 86 kb)
Session 2: Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme – Challenges in Negotiating and Implementing ABS Agreements: A Ten Year Experience from an NGO in Cameroon (PPT - 369 kb)
Session 2: Novozymes – Novozymes Guiding Principles for accessing genetic resources and experience with the ABS-MT
(PPT - 6.6 mb)
Session 2: Jean Shannon and Associates Ltd. – Australian Biodiscovery Management Negotiating and Implementing ABS Agreements (PPT - 87 kb)
Session 3: Discussion of ABS Challenges and Grey Areas (PPT - 180 kb)
Session 3: Japan Bioindustry Association & METI – The Japanese Guidelines on Access to and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources for Users (PPT - 80 kb)
Session 4: ABS-MT Revised Version (PPT - 178 kb)
Session 6: Results of the Discussion on the Revised ABS-MT (PPT - 176 kb)
Session 7: Biotrade – Practical Guidelines for Equitable Sharing of Benefits of Biological Resources in Biotrade Activities
(PPT - 1.7 mb)
Session 7: IUCN – International Standard for Sustainable Wild Collection of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (PPT - 1.1 mb)
Session 8: Implementation Approaches and Options (PPT - 882 kb)
ABS Management Tool: Project Description (January 2006) (PDF - 235 kb)
This presentation highlights the work done to date and ongoing work to test the Management Tool under a variety of conditions.

The Sustainable Commodity Initiative (SCI)

The Sustainable Commodity Initiative was launched in 2003 through an IISD-UNCTAD Partnership and has provided a concrete vehicle for SMART project development and implementation. The SCI, now a partnership of IISD-UNCTAD-AidEnvironment and UNCTAD, aims to promote sustainable commodity production and trade by improving awareness of, learning between and appropriate policy responses to voluntary initiatives operative in the commodities sector. To see what the SCI is currently doing and learn more about voluntary initiatives operating in commodity supply chains, please visit the SCI Web site.

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Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST)

The Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST) is an association of socially oriented financial service providers and other stakeholders committed to promoting improved access to finance for producers of sustainable commodities. More specifically, FAST aims to improve producer access to "small and medium enterprise trade finance" by providing a central point of contact, cooperation and information between financial service providers, producers and related stakeholders in international supply chains. To become a member of FAST or learn more, visit the FAST Web site.

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