The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the
Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the
Convention on Biological Diversity is an international agreement which aims at sharing the benefits arising
from the utilization of genetic resources in a fair and equitable way,
including by appropriate access to genetic resources and by appropriate
transfer of relevant technologies, taking into account all rights over those
resources and to technologies, and by appropriate funding, thereby contributing
to the conservation of biological diversity and the sustainable use of its
components. It was adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention
on Biological Diversity at its tenth meeting on 29 October 2010 in Nagoya,
Japan. The Nagoya Protocol will enter into force 90 days after the date of
deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification.
The fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of
the utilization of genetic resources is one of the three objectives of the
Convention on Biological Diversity. For background information on the
Convention's work programme on access and benefit-sharing prior to the adoption
of the Nagoya Protocol and information on the negotiations of the Nagoya
Protocol .
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