52 Tips for Biodiversity
Biodiversity – the variety of life on Earth – makes our planet habitable and beautiful. Many of us look to the natural environment for pleasure, inspiration or recreation. We also depend on it for food, energy, raw materials, air and water – the elements that make life as we know it possible and drive our economies.
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UNDP-GEF Global ABS Project (link) On the wrap-up Project Workshop “Strengthening of human resources, legal frameworks and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol in the Republic of Belarus”
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The Article in “The Science and Innovations” considers the issues related to the Nagoya Protocol operation, including the fundamental principles of benefit-sharing arising from access to genetic resources.
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DNA Barcoding Technology in Belarus: Prospects and Needs
The DNA identification of rare and endangered plant species started in 2017 at the Republican DNA Bank. DNA barcoding is the best approach and tool to study flora and fauna and organize the obtained data in a special database.
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The Nagoya Protocol is an international mechanism that ensures the realization of sovereign rights of country Parties to the Protocol over their genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge and the achievement of the 3rd objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Подробнее Ethics in Building Trust between the Providers and Users of Genetic Resources. Article
Elena Guzenko, Deputy Director for Science and Innovation, the Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus Alexander Kilchevsky, Deputy Chairperson of the Presidium of NAS of Belarus, Academician Russian version is available at: https://abs.igc.by/kodeks-povedenija-v-oblasti-dostupa-k-geneticheskim-resursam-i-sovmestnogo-ispolzovanija-vygod/
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The Article by Alla Stashkevich deals with the analysis and experience related to the use of ethical norms with respect to traditional knowledge and practices as part of intangible cultural heritage.
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