Access to Biological and Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (No. 2 of 2017).

[摘要] This Act provides for the conservation, evaluation and sustainable use of biological and genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. Its objects are, among other things, to - (a) maintain and improve the diversity of biological and genetic resources as means of sustaining life support systems; (b) recognise, protect and support the inalienable rights of local communities over their genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge; (c) provide arrangements and procedures for acc

[发布日期] 2017-01-01

[关键词] Sustainable development;Basic legislation;Genetic resources;Plant production;Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge;Planting material/seeds;Plant variety;Access-to-information;Breeders' rights/farmers' rights;International agreement-implementation;Access and benefit sharing;Contract/agreement;Indigenous peoples;Intellectual property rights/patents;Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings;Offences/penalties;Biodiversity;Community management;Sustainable use;PIC-prior informed consent [时效性] Effective