Arpitha Kodiveri of
Natural Justice attended the Regional Workshop on awareness raiding and
capacity-building to support the ABS mechanism under the Nagoya Protocol held
in Chengdu, China between the 15th- 17th of May,2013 which was organized by
ICIMOD. The workshop sought to bring together regions concerned with issues of
biodiversity conservation and traditional knowledge across the Hindu Kush
Himalayan landscape. Key representatives from Pakistan, Bhutan, India, China,
Nepal and Myanmar presented efforts in their countries to set up
domestic legal frameworks to facilitate the process of access and equitable
sharing of benefits as proposed by the Nagoya Protocol.
Arpitha presented on
the use of Biocultural Community Protocols in the context of ABS especially in
relation to a transboundary landscape. The presentation highlighted the use of
BCPs as tools in facilitating negotiations around ABS which can be in tune with
priorities of the communities and their protocols that govern traditional
knowledge. The presentation also spoke to the importance of using BCPs in this
context as they have been given official legal recognition within the Nagoya
Protocol.
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