Draft Law “On Genetic Resources Management” Adopted in Its Second Reading
January 31, 2024. At the Meeting of the 10th Session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the 7th Convocation, the deputies adopted the draft Law “On Genetic Resources Management” of the Republic of Belarus in its second reading.
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Safeguarding of Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources and Legal Regulation of Access to It – the main topic of the Round Tables held on 5-6 December 2023 under the UNESCO Participation Programme for 2022-2023“Capacity Building for the Safeguarding of Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources and Legal Regulation of Access to It in the Republic of Belarus.”
The project is implemented by the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, the Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus (ABS NCC), and the Centre for the Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature Research, NAS of Belarus. The topics of Round Tables: Traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources – knowledge regarding […]
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The Department of Folkloristics and the Culture of Slavic Peoples and the Institute of Genetics and Cytology held a joint scientific and practical workshop “Wormwood, Bitter Grass: Traditional Knowledge and Contemporary Youth Projects”
The event brought together the scientists of various profiles and representatives of creative professions who actively use traditional knowledge related to the plant kingdom. In the introductory speech, the workshop organizer, Head of the Department of Folkloristics and Culture of Slavic Peoples, Tatsiana Valodzina, explained the understanding of the term “traditional knowledge”, its role and […]
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Electronic versions of the IDB logotypes
Reference is made to notification 2023-026 issued on 13 March 2023, announcing the theme of this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB); “From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity”, which aims at promoting action in support of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
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USING SPATIAL DATA TO SUPPORT NATIONAL CONSERVATION PRIORITIES IN BELARUS
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ABS NCC took part in 5th International Scientific Conference “Genetics and Biotechnology of the 21st Century: Challenges, Achievements, and Prospects”
November 21-25, 2022 the Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus, hosts the 5th International Scientific Conference “Genetics and Biotechnology of the 21st Century: Challenges, Achievements, and Prospects” marking the 135th Anniversary of an outstanding scientist ― botanist, geneticist, geographer, plant breeder, the founder of the world collection of cultivated plants, Academician Nikolai I. Vavilov.
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Employees of the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing took part in the workshop on Biosafety
On October 21, 2022, the National Coordination Biosafety Centre held a workshop on the results of the preparation of the Fourth National Report to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
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