Documenting resource and knowledge flows in an international certificate of origin scheme

ABS Dialogue : Dialogues sur la gouvernance de l'accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage des avantages

Lima 21 janvier 2007
Pérou
Almost 13 years since the idea was first proposed a group of international technical experts will meet in Lima, from the 22nd to 25th of January 2007, to examine the potential role of a system of certificates of origin/source/legal provenance as part of an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing (ABS). Speakers: Connie Kehler (Saskatchewan Herb and Spice Association), International Plant Identification Practice, Canadian Herb, Spice and Natural Health Products Coalition. Jorge Cabrera (INbio), Practices and experience documenting and negotiating contractual provisions for tracking genetic resources: the case of INBio. Enrique Chujoy (CIP), Documentation of Plant Germplasm at theInternational Potato Center. Leonard Hirsch (Smithsonian Institution), Certificates of Origin, Source and or Legal Provenance and the Scientific Collections Process. Preston Hardison (Tribu Tulalipe), ABS, TK and TK Registers.