Access & Benefit Sharing


BGCI: The global network Our work Our supporters and partners Join in Resource centre Publications Our newsletter Events BGCI Congresses Latest news News archives Tools and links Access and Benefit Sharing IPEN Tech tools PlantSearch GardenSearch Fundraising links Jobs Botanic garden information Definition The history of botanic gardens Botanical illustration Living collections Role of botanic gardens Commercial activity Seedbanks Botanic gardens and conservation Herbaria Information management systems Starting a botanic garden Promoting a botanic garden Education centre Climate change information centre PlantSearch GardenSearch Sign up to our newsletter:	Resource centre > Tools and links > Access & Benefit Sharing Access & Benefit Sharing This is an online resource to demystify access and benefit sharing (ABS) between botanic gardens around the world. These pages have been developed by BGCI in conjunction with RBGKew and the International Plant Exchange Network (IPEN). Latest information Have a look at the new CBD Manual for Botanic Gardens, which contains user-friendly information and guidance on ABS. Also, click here to visit the new CBD web portal for the International Regime negotiations. Much of the work of botanic gardens and herbaria depends on gaining access to and exchanging new plant material. To fulfil the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) we need to acquire new material legally and share benefits fairly and equitably from our use of this material. All gardens are now facing the challenge of working out how to carry out their important scientific work in line with national and international laws and regulations introduced to implement the ABS elements of the CBD (set out in Article 15). A number of networks and groups of botanic gardens have been working to develop policies and systems to help gardens put ABS into practice. Use the links below to find out more... Developing a policy on Access and Benefit Sharing Principles of ABS The International Plant Exchange Network (IPEN) Case studies Resources Latest News Kunming seedbank gives rare plants chance for survival CHINA 3rd September 2010 China's first national seed bank for wild plants, the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species at the Kunming Institute of Botany in Yunnan province now contains some 30,000-plus seeds. Botanical illustration exhibition highlights the art behind conservation 3rd September 2010 The traveling exhibition, "Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World," recently opened at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Pavlovsk seed bank faces destruction - YOU CAN HELP! RUSSIA 31st August 2010 Sign the Global Crop Diversity Trust petition to save the priceless Pavlovsk Station crop collection. More News	The Commercial Use of Biodiversity In this volume the authors explain the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on access and benefit-sharing, the effect of national laws to implement these, and aspects of typical contracts for the transfer of materials.