On the 23rd and 24th of February, Kabir Bavikatte and Gino Cocchiaro
are in Windhoek, Namibia to attend the Awareness Raising Workshop on
Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) for Sustainable Utilization of
Cultural and Natural Assets in Namibia.
Namibia currently does not have ABS legislation and the workshop,
attended by the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Namibian Members
of Parliament, Traditional Authority representatives and other
representatives of Indigenous peoples and local communities, aims to
inform key decision makers in Namibia about the importance of
sustainable utilization of genetic resources thereby preserving Namibia's biodiversity and contributing to
poverty reduction and the enhancement of the livelihoods of the people of
Namibia.
The draft legislation on ABS for Sustainable Utilization of Cultural
and Natural Assets, on which Natural Justice has been advising the
Ministry of Environment and Tourism, will be presented to the
participants of the workshop by Natural Justice and Namibian law firm Nakamhela Attorneys.
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