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

Country/Territory
Namibia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Republic of Namibia Annotated Statutes.
Long title
An Act to regulate access to biological or genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, and innovation, practices and technologies associated with biological and genetic resources and traditional knowledge; to protect the rights of the local communities over biological and genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge; to provide for a fair and equitable mechanism for benefit sharing; to establish the necessary administrative structures and processes for the implementation and enforcement of such principles; and to provide for incidental matters.
Subject
Environment gen., Cultivated plants, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Sustainable development Basic legislation Genetic resources Plant production Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge Planting material/seeds Plant variety Access-to-information Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Access and benefit-sharing Contract/agreement Indigenous peoples Intellectual property rights/patents Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Gender Biodiversity Community management Sustainable use PIC-prior informed consent
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Entry into force notes
This Act will come into force on a date set by the Minister in the Government Gazette.
Abstract

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 access to resources and knowledge subject to prior informed consent of the rights holders and mutually agreed terms; (d) develop and promote appropriate mechanisms for a fair and equitable sharing of benefits; (e) ensure the effective participation of concerned local communities.

Full text
English
Website
www.lac.org.na

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Regulations made in terms of Access to Biological and Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge Act 2 of 2017. Government Notice 161 of 2021.

Legislation | Namibia | 2021

Keyword: Biodiversity, Genetic resources, Monitoring, Research, Authorization/permit, Procedural matters, Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge, Access-to-information, Access and benefit-sharing, Contract/agreement, Indigenous peoples, Intellectual property rights/patents, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Offences/penalties, Gender, Enforcement/compliance, PIC-prior informed consent

Source: FAO, FAOLEX