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71) Kenya’s Access and Benefit Sharing Toolkit for Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
Genetic Resources (GR) are the bedrock of Kenya’s economy, particularly as the nation seeks to create wealth, sustain food security, and maintain a safe environment. This necessitates increased development of expertise, enhanced research, equitable and sustainable use of our genetic resources. But...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2014
72) Finance for Biodiversity Pledge
On 25 September 2020, a group of 26 financial institutions from around the globe launched the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge calling on global leaders and committing to protect and restore biodiversity through their finance activities and investments in the run-up to the Conference of the Parties (COP...
Category: Strategies and Action Plans
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
73) Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing: Theory to Practice under the Nagoya Protocol
This publication provides concrete examples of how genetic resources can be used to improve the livelihoods of local communities by increasing incomes, promoting food security, and contributing to biodiversity conservation in 24 countries around the world. The publication also describes policy and legislative...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
74) Voluntary Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Farmers’ Varieties/Landraces
The cultivation of diverse farmers’ varieties/landraces, which tend to be well-adapted and suited to local production systems, confers increased resilience for crop production. Farmers’ varieties/landraces are also potential sources of traits for crop improvement, especially for developing varieties...
Category: Voluntary guidelines
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
75) Strengthening sector policies for better food security and nutrition results: Crops and varieties – Policy Guidance Note No.15
This policy guidance note is part of a series developed to support governments and their development partners in creating a policy and institutional environment to achieve sustainable food security and nutrition and meet SDG2. This note focuses on crops and varieties, the foundation of agriculture and...
Category: Miscellaneous
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021