The rules governing access to resources in collections are currently defined by the Nagoya Protocol, its European implementing regulation, and French law on biodiversity recovery.
UBOCC is committed to informing its users and taking steps to regularize its collections with regard to the countries that supply resources.
Below are some informative links on the subject.
The Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House (ABSCH) is a platform for exchanging information on access and benefit-sharing and is a key tool to facilitate the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.
French agricultural biological resource centers (CRBs) are committed to implementing regulations on access and benefit sharing (ABS). This website presents news and results from the ABS4BRCs project (2018-2021), whose main objective is to develop studies and tools to help CRBs conserve and distribute their genetic resources in compliance with ABS regulations, in order to provide better service to their users.
Regulations governing access to and sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge (ABS) govern relations between providers and users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. Who does this apply to in France? What is its scope? What steps need to be taken?