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International Workshop "Access to Genetic Resources and Sharing Benefits Arising from Their Utilization (ABS)" (Switzerland, 2011)

This workshop was concerned with the freedom and responsibility of individual scientists and the world scientific community with respect to access to genetic resources and sharing of benefits arising from their use, as regulated in the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) System, which is part of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 1992).
What
  • Biodiversity
  • Policy Committees and Governance
  • CFRS workshop
  • Freedom and responsibility
  • Universality of Science
When May 27, 2011
from 10:10 AM to 04:20 PM
Where Berne, Switzerland
Contact Name
Contact Phone +41 31 310 40 23
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Synopsis

The discussions revealed the need to find a balance between the important question of responsibility and the global issue of equity. At the same time, and because scientists must be in a position to work without unnecessary impediments, the discussions included concerns about access to genetic and other biological material because access procedures might create research constraints.

Presentations

  • The ABS regime: rationale, elements, legal basis, state of affairs
    Marco D'Alessandro, Scientific Collaborator, Section Biotechnology, Swiss Federal Office for the Environmentpdf icon
  • Viewpoints of users
    Laurent Gautier, Conservator, Botanical Gardens, City of Genevapdf icon
    Esther Schelling, Scientist, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institutepdf icon
  • Viewpoints from provider countries
    Neil Crouch, Head Ethnobotany Unit & Deputy Director Research, South African National
    Biodiversity Institutepdf icon
    Perry S. Ong, Director, Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines, Dilimanpdf icon
    Mahabir P. Gupta, Director, Center for Pharmacognostic on Panamanian Flora, University of
    Panamá, and Member, ICSU Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbeanpdf icon
  • Responsibilities of stakeholders in academic research
    Susette Biber-Klemm, ABS Project Coordinator, Swiss Academy of Sciencespdf icon
    Peter J. Edwards, Head, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurichpdf icon
  • Responsibilities of organisations in international processes
    Timothy J. Hodges, former Co-Chair, Convention on Biological Diversity ABS Working Grouppdf icon
    Anne-Hélène Prieur Richard, Deputy Director, DIVERSITASpdf icon
    Nathalie Fomproix, Executive Director, International Union of Biological Sciencespdf icon

Organisers and hosts

The workshop was organised and hosted by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), whose Biodiversity Forum has been concerned with the issue of Access and Benefit Sharing for several years, in consultation with the ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science (CFRS). The overseas speakers joined the workshop through teleconference and/or Skype.

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