Links
Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape
ABS website (in French):
www.bafu.admin.ch/biotechnologie/01773/03695/04724/index.html?lang=en
Convention on Biological Diversity
General website:
www.cbd.int
Convention text:
www.cbd.int/convention/convention.shtml
Parties to the Convention:
www.biodiv.org/world/parties.asp
Clearing House Mechanism:
www.biodiv.org/chm/default.aspx
Access to Genetic Resources
General ABS website:
www.cbd.int/abs
ABS National Focal Points:
www.cbd.int/doc/lists/nfp-abs.pdf
ABS Competent National Authorities:
www.cbd.int/doc/lists/nfp-abs-cna.pdf
Bonn Guidelines
General website:
www.cbd.int/abs/bonn.shtml
Text (= Dec VI/24):
www.cbd.int/decisions/default.aspx?m=cop-06&d=24
Botanic Gardens Conservation International
International Plant Exchange Network (IPEN):
www.bgci.org/abs/ipen.html
Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE)
General Website:
www.kfpe.ch
Guidelines for Research in Partnership with Developing Countries:
11 Principles:
www.kfpe.ch/key_activities/publications/guidelines.php
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
General website:
www.planttreaty.org/
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Searchable database of biodiversity-related Access and Benefit-Sharing Agreements:
www.wipo.int/tk/en/databases/contracts/index.html
Other ABS websites
EC Access and Benefits Sharing Portal:
http://abs.eea.europa.eu/
ABS Informationsplattform Deutschland (in German):
www.abs.biodiv-chm.de/
