{"id":20164,"date":"2026-03-17T11:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T05:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20164"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:58:56","slug":"what-is-nagoya-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-nagoya-protocol\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagoya Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nagoya Protocol Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has submitted India\u2019s First National Report on the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access Benefit Sharing to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nagoya Protocol<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nagoya Protocol on <\/span><b>Access to Genetic Resources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>the Fair and Equitable Sharing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/convention-on-biological-diversity\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Convention on Biological Diversity<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was adopted <\/span><b>on 29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and entered into force on 12 October 2014, 90 days after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides a transparent legal framework for the <\/span><b>effective implementation of the fair and equitable sharing of benefits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ratified it in <\/span><b>2012.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>What does it cover?<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It applies to genetic resources that are <\/span><b>covered by the CBD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and to the benefits arising from their utilization.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers <\/span><b>traditional knowledge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (TK) <\/span><b>associated with genetic resources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are covered by the CBD and the benefits arising from its utilization.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the most comprehensive <\/span><b>binding international agreement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the field of nature conservation and the <\/span><b>sustainable use of natural resources.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was opened for signing at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>It has three overarching objectives<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Conservation of biological diversity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (genetic diversity, species diversity, and habitat diversity)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Sustainable use of biological diversity<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Fair and equitable sharing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the benefits arising out of the utilisation of genetic resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2240577&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity. 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