The First National Report on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in 2017-2025
The report reflects the formation of a national system regulating access to genetic resources (GRs) and associated traditional knowledge (TK) and the sharing of benefits arising from their utilization in Belarus. The First National Report on the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in 2017-2025 A key step was the adoption of the Law of the […]
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Transfer of 271 plant specimens in the form of herbarium and seeds
The V.F. Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany, NAS of Belarus, has realized the transfer of 271 plant specimens in the form of herbarium and seeds to the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources for the exploratory study of the form diversity of wild relatives of cultivated plants for various designated purposes to plan […]
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STRATEGY FOR THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY FOR THE PERIOD UP TO 2030
Republic of Belarus · 2026 Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity for the Period up to 2030 Approved by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of February 4, 2026, No. 60 Decline in species and ecological diversity occupies a special place among present-day environmental problems. […]
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Fee to provide genetic resources
On January 9, 2026, the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus “On Administrative Procedures Implemented by Government Bodies and Other Organizations Upon Applications of Citizens” was amended with regard to the list of administrative procedures (the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 5):
Chapter 16 “Nature Management” was supplemented with clauses 16.8. and 16.9. stipulating administrative procedures for obtaining access to genetic resources (clause 16.8.) and changing genetic resources access terms (clause 16.9.).
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ABS NCC takes part in the 6th International Scientific Conference “Genetics & Biotechnology of the 21st Century: Challenges, Achievements and Prospects” to mark the 60th anniversary of the Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus
On November 18-20, 2025, the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus held the 6th International Scientific Conference “Genetics & Biotechnology of the 21st Century: Challenges, Achievements and Prospects” to mark the Institute’s 60th anniversary. As part of the section “Genomic research in animal husbandry. Genetic resources and their […]
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Transfer of 24 samples of the amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Eichwald, 1841)
The Scientific and Practical Centre for Bioresources, NAS of Belarus, has realized the transfer of 24 samples of the amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Eichwald, 1841) of Belarus to the Teesside University (UK) to study the genetic diversity of three viruses present in the invasive amphipod across its European range.
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Law “On Genetic Resources Management”
On April 23, 2025, Elena Makeyeva, Head of the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing (the Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus), PhD in Biology, Associate Professor, informed the members of the Scientific Board of the Scientific and Practical Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources about the issues related to the legal basis for the state regulation in the field of genetic resources management.
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