Conservation, use and Existing legal Several provisions incorporated Official gazette communities Risk: equitable benefit provisions for into ABS decree for protection of notification and other stakeholders sharing from traditional equitable benefit TK to arrive at the content knowledge incorporated sharing from TK of the TK provisions into ABS Decree mechanism inadequate for effective protection of TK Community protocol No community Several provisions incorporated Bio-Community protocol supported in the ABS protocol currently into ABS decree for protection of document decree and developed exist for regulation of TK for regulation of access ABS from genetic and benefit sharing resources and TK held PIC, MAT and other related from genetic resources by local communities provisions for community and traditional protocol included in the new knowledge held by ABS decree. local communities Financial mechanism No financial At least one set of provisions for document validating Lack of adequate Risk: designed to reinvest mechanism exists for financial mechanism created and establishment of financial time for generation of revenues for ABS reinvest of ABS a financial mechanisms mechanism adequate benefits and agreement to support revenues for effectively created supporting uncertainty in revenue biodiversity biodiversity conservation and sustainable use flows conservation conservation of biological resources Outcome 2 Guidelines for the No guidance, circulars Set of guidelines, manual and Government gazette Developing permitting system for or manual exists for circulars approved and in use, notices administrative ABS developed and the ABS permitting including models and Circulars, manuals, measures for approved and piloted and monitoring system standardized clauses for MAT, guideline documents implementation of and are implemented in at least national ABS legal one case. VEA/BCA websites framework
Conservation, use and equitable benefit sharing from traditional knowledge incorporated into ABS Decree Existing legal provisions for equitable benefit sharing from TK mechanism inadequate for effective protection of TK Several provisions incorporated into ABS decree for protection of TK Official gazette notification Risk: communities and other stakeholders to arrive at the content of the TK provisions Community protocol supported in the ABS decree and developed for regulation of access and benefit sharing from genetic resources and traditional knowledge held by local communities No community protocol currently exist for regulation of ABS from genetic resources and TK held by local communities Several provisions incorporated into ABS decree for protection of TK PIC, MAT and other related provisions for community protocol included in the new ABS decree. Bio-Community protocol document Financial mechanism designed to reinvest revenues for ABS agreement to support biodiversity conservation No financial mechanism exists for reinvest of ABS revenues for biodiversity conservation At least one set of provisions for financial mechanism created and a financial mechanisms effectively created supporting conservation and sustainable use of biological resources document validating establishment of financial mechanism Risk: Lack of adequate time for generation of adequate benefits and uncertainty in revenue flows Outcome 2 Developing administrative measures for implementation of national ABS legal framework Guidelines for the permitting system for ABS developed and approved and piloted No guidance, circulars or manual exists for the ABS permitting and monitoring system Set of guidelines, manual and circulars approved and in use, including models and standardized clauses for MAT, and are implemented in at least one case. Government gazette notices Circulars, manuals, guideline documents VEA/BCA websites
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