After decades of negotiations, the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing entered into force on Sunday, enhancing opportunities for the equitable sharing of benefits of the world’s biodiversity. The Protocol, named after the Japanese city where it was agreed in 2010, establishes clear rules for accessing, trading, sharing and monitoring the use of the world’s genetic resources that can be used for pharmaceutical, agricultural and cosmetic purposes. (...)

The article:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49064#.VD10dRaKUed

More about:
http://www.cbd.int/abs/

Sull'argomento:

http://www.improntaunika.it/2014/10/divieto-biopirateria-suscita-timori-burocratici/

http://www.aduc.it/articolo/dalla+pianta+al+farmaco+protocollo+nagoya_22556.php

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/10/09/nagoya-protocol-enters-into-force-will-be-tested-in-months-to-come/

http://www.ip-watch.org/2014/10/14/eu-legislation-on-nagoya-protocol-becomes-effective-will-it-hurt-indigenous-peoples-rights/

Il Protocollo:

http://www.naturaitalia.it/export/sites/ambiente2010/home_it/media/doc/biodiversita/biodiversita-nel-mondo/Il_Protocollo_di_Nagoya_su_ABS-IT.pdf

Basic Information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Biological_Diversity#Nagoya_Protocol
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocole_de_Nagoya