Most of the CGIAR Research Centers’ activities related to the conservation, research and development and distribution of plant genetic resources are governed by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and not by the Nagoya Protocol. However, there are some situations where the CGIAR Centers will need to comply with regional, national and sub-national mechanisms that implement the Nagoya Protocol, for example, when accessing plant genetic resources that are not available through the ITPGRFA’s multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing (multilateral system).
These guidelines are meant to help the CGIAR Centers understand which areas of their plant genetic resources-related activities could be affected by the Nagoya Protocol, and what their options are in terms of how they can comply with the legal obligations. The guidelines address situations where countries have national laws in place implementing the Nagoya Protocol as well as situations where the countries concerned have ratified or acceded to the Nagoya Protocol but do not yet have national laws and systems in place to implement it.
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