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• Information on ABS by the Swiss Academy of Sciences
Biber S, Martinez S: Access and Benefit Sharing – Good practice for academic research on genetic resources. 2009. Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT, Bern Switzerland: 1-58. English version, 2nd edition, 2009 → ABS_GoodPractice_2009 (PDF, 692KB)
Good Practice brochure in English: → ABS_Brochure (PDF, 544KB)
Good Practice brochure in French: version française: → APA_BonnesPratiques_ABS (PDF, 644KB)
Good Practice brochure in Spanish: versión en castellano → APB_BuenasPracticas_ABS (PDF, 636 KB)
Step by step guidance on how to proceed: → ABS_stepbystep.pdf (PDF, 28 KB)
Elements of Prior Informed Consent: → PIC_PriorInformedConsent
(PDF, 52 KB)
Elements of Mutually Agreed Terms: → MAT_MutuallyAgreedTerms (PDF, 52 KB)
Elements of Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits: → BenefitSharing (PDF, 56 KB)
• Compilation of ABS Guidelines and Codes of Conduct for non-commercial research (PDF, 56 KB)
• Our publications in journals
Martinez SI, Biber-Klemm S. 2010. Scientists – take action for biodiversity. Current Opinion on Sustainable Development COSUST 2(1-2):27-33. doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2010.03.004 → (PDF, 323KB)
Biber-Klemm S. 2008. Access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable Sharing of the Benefits. Environmental Law Network Internationanl, Elni review 1/08: 12-18. →(PDF, 975KB)
• Interesting publications by other authors
Cock MJW, van Lenteren JC, Brodeur J, Barratt BIP, Bigler F, Bolckmans K, Cônsoli FL, Haas F, Mason PG, Parra JRP. 2010. Do new Access and Benefit Sharing procedures under the Convention on Biological Diversity threaten the future of biological control? Biocontrol, DOI: 10.1007/s10526-009-9263-4 (online first).
Jinnah S and S Jungcurt. 2009. Could Access Requirements Stifle Your Research? Science 323: 464.
Schindel DE , CL Häuser, SE Miller, and participants in an international workshop: K Bavikatte, E Beck, C Burks, N Davies, P Desmeth, P du Plessis, G Garrity, R Geeta, F Haas, K Holm-Mueller, B Huntley, EC Kamau, W Kim, C Lyal, L Marinoni, S Martinez, K Matsuura, KJ Ni, P Ong, R Schönwitz, JD Wahiche. 2009. Preserving International Access to Genetic Resources for Non-Commercial Biodiversity Research - Submission of views from participants in the International Workshop on the topic of “Access and Benefit-sharing in Non Commercial Biodiversity Research”, Bonn, 17-19 November 2008. UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/8/INF/6
Report of a workshop on access and benefit-sharing in non-commercial biodiversity research. 2008. The workshop was held at the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum, in Bonn, Germany, 17 – 19 November 2008. UNEP/CBD/WG-ABS/7/INF/6
