{"id":876,"date":"2014-11-22T10:30:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T08:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ilse-koehler-rollefson.com\/?p=876"},"modified":"2014-11-22T10:30:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T08:30:34","slug":"can-the-nagoya-protocol-become-a-game-changer-for-animal-genetic-resources-and-livestock-keepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilse-koehler-rollefson.com\/?p=876","title":{"rendered":"Can the Nagoya Protocol become a game changer for animal genetic resources and livestock keepers?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bakkarwal<\/a>
Bakkarwal herders from Kashmir looking at photos of breeds in the Raika Biocultural Protocol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In October, the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing <\/a>entered into force. This legally binding add-on to the Convention on Biological Diversity places special emphasis on obtaining \u201cprior informed consent\u201d not only from governments but also from local and indigenous communities when accessing their traditional knowledge with respect to genetic resources.<\/p>\n

It mandates in its Article 7, that parties, \u201cin accordance with domestic law, take measures, as appropriate, with the aim of ensuring that traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources that is held by indigenous and local communities is accessed with the prior and informed consent or approval and involvement of these indigenous and local communities, and that mutually agreed terms have been established.<\/p>\n

In Article 12, parties are urged to, in accordance with domestic law take into consideration indigenous and local communities\u2019\u00a0 customary laws, community protocols and procedures, as applicable, with respect to traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources. Furthermore it is stated that \u201cparties shall endeavour to support, as appropriate, the development by indigenous and local communities, including women within these communities, of Community protocols in relation to access to traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of such knowledge<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n

Well, pastoralists and other keepers of locally developed breeds certainly qualify as \u201cindigenous and local communities\u201d under the CBD. As reader\u2019s of this blog know,\u00a0 several of them have already developed \u201cBiocultural Protocols<\/a>\u201d for their breeds and communities.<\/p>\n

And this is where the potential lies: in community documentation of animal genetic resources and of local production systems. For, even in the absence of any party requesting \u201caccess\u201d, such documentation will make visible the existence, the significance, and the meaning of livestock production based on local breeds whose economic contribution is routinely underestimated or even entirely ignored.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visibility of these systems would be the first step towards putting livestock development \u2013 conventionally based on \u201chigh yielding\u201d introduced genetics and higher inputs from outside \u2013 on a more sustainable path, both ecologically and socially.<\/p>\n

I am very pleased to report two events:<\/p>\n

1. On 26th November, there will be a side-event at the FAO, during the 8th session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources<\/a> with reports from the field about the importance of community documentation and BCPs by Elizabeth Katushabe from Uganda, Dr. Maria Rosa Lanari from Argentina and Rao Abdul Qadeer from Pakistan. The event will be chaired by Dr. Ela Martyniuk, Poland\u2019s National Coordinator of Animal Genetic Resources.<\/p>\n

2. Just a fortnight ago, the Rainfed Livestock Network in India kicked off a project on developing BCPs for several communities and\/or breeds, including the Bakkarwal pastoralists of Jammu and Kashmir, the Golla pastoralists in Odisha, the shepherds of the Deccan Plateau, and the Kangayam cattle breeders of Tamil Nadu<\/p>\n

So all these are small, but important steps forward towards getting more visibility \u2013 recognition should then follow \u2013 for the long neglected \u201ctraditional\u201d livestock production systems based on locally evolved animal genetic resources. Recognition should then follow \u2013 hopefully quickly enough to support and save some of these precious systems!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In October, the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing entered into force. This legally binding add-on to the Convention on Biological Diversity places special emphasis on obtaining \u201cprior informed consent\u201d not only from governments but also from local and indigenous communities when accessing their traditional knowledge with respect to genetic resources. It mandates in its … <\/p>\n

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