Access & Benefit-Sharing in Germany

Access & Benefit-Sharing (ABS) stands for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits that arise from the utilisation of genetic resources. It also allows providing countries and ethnic groups to set conditions for the access to these resources. Germany signed the international treaty addressing ABS, the Nagoya-Protocol, which became law in 2014 and must now be implemented in Germany. The project promotes dialogue between users of genetic resources and national authorities in order to develop strategies for a practicable execution of the EU directive. In addition, the project aims to raise users’ acceptance for ABS-related processes and to support them with the obligations arising from the regulation.

Further information is available on the webpage of the European Business and Biodiversity Campaign (EBBC) under: 

Access and Benefit Sharing

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1 August 2015 - 31 March 2016

Freie Universität Berlin, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM), Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK)

German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)