This reference is now more fully articulated in the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing which was adopted under the Convention in October 2010.

FORBES: Biodiversity: What Are We Supposed To Do About It?

The IYB activities, including those of UNESCO, contributed significantly to the successful outcome of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) which took place in Nagoya, Japan in October 2010 where a new ten-year strategic plan and a new international treaty on access and benefit sharing from genetic resources were adopted.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples

On the last day, after intense negotiations, the meeting agreed an important new international protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation (known as Access and Benefit-Sharing, ABS).

UNESCO: Global Deal to Protect Nature