Nagoya Protocol Learning Portal

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Students and prospective students, volunteers in citizen or community science, collections managers, exhibits curators, data managers, researchers or project scientists, providers of data or collections, research professors, teachers.

Ecological Society of America (ESA)

“The Nagoya Protocol is a framework for how to conduct research, manage collections, and associated information [on genetic resources and traditional ecological knowledge derived from biodiversity] all over the world. Whether you’re a student just getting your feet wet in research, a curator, a teacher, or research faculty, this learning portal is built to help you!”

“This website is brought to you by a group of interdisciplinary biology researchers, anthropologists, and collections managers hoping to improve clarity and transparency about the Nagoya Protocol and International Treaty. Our goal is to help advance our understanding of biodiversity as a global community, incorporating strong ethical values and fairness, which is the intent of the protocol. We are building resources relevant to both national and international research, as well as historic and planned collections. This is not an official page of guidance, but rather, is a community of practice and a space where we can help each other approach compliance. We do not aim to serve as an authority or a liaison to a national focal point, but you’ll find resources here to help you define your questions for them.”

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Access and benefits sharing of genetic resources and traditional knowledge is the subject of two SDG targets, SDGs 2.5 and 15.6. These are also related to SDG 1.4 (equal access to property including heritage), 11.4 (strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard cultural and natural heritage) and SDG 16.3 (upholding the rule of law), and 16.6 (transparent, effective and accountable institutions), 16.10 (access to information and protecting fundamental freedoms, which includes property rights) and 16.B (promote laws and policies for sustainable development), which also support SDGs 17.16 and 17.17 (multistakeholder partnerships internationally and nationally).

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SDG 1.4: Equal Rights to Ownership, Basic Services, Technology and Economic Resources
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Numbers and proportions of people from particular groups using collections in comparison with demographics in broader society.
Numbers of people accessing collections.
Number of targeted programmes that aim to enhance access to collections by disadvantaged groups.
Sustainable tourism that enhances local communities’ access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property (including cultural and natural heritage), as well as to technology and markets.
Involvement of people from disadvantaged groups in decision-making activities and processes relating to collections and collections-based institutions.
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SDG 2.5: Maintain the Genetic Diversity in Food Production
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Collections development related to genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants, farmed and domesticated animals (notably of local or at-risk varieties) and related wild species, for example in herbaria, museums, seed and gene banks, and seed libraries.
Number of educational programmes related to genetic diversity of domesticated plants, animals and wild relatives.
Number of educational programmes related to fair and equitable benefits of use of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, following international agreements (e.g. Nagoya Protocol).
Number of educational and awareness programmes for people to ensure that they are aware of their rights and protections in terms of traditional knowledge, and exploitation of genetic resources.
Number of research activities that help understand traditional knowledge, and genetic diversity of crop plants and animals.
Ensure that producers of crop plants and animals are fairly compensated.
Policies and procedures in place to ensure seed banks are soundly managed, in terms of risk management and emergency planning.
Policies and procedures in place to ensure legal compliance with fair and equitable benefits of use of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, following international agreements (e.g. Nagoya Protocol).
Number of partnerships at national, regional and international levels, as appropriate, to soundly manage seed and plant banks.
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SDG 11.4: Protect the Worlds Cultural and Natural Heritage
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Total expenditure (public and private) per capita spent on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by type of heritage.
Plans, policies and procedures in place for the safe use of collections for a variety of purposes, protecting and safeguarding both collections and those who use them.
Plans, policies and procedures in place for the identification, safeguarding and protection of cultural and natural heritage at risk.
Collecting programmes in place to protect, safeguard and make use of cultural and natural heritage, addressing the needs of communities and stakeholders, and ensuring that collections can be an effective resource for sustainable development.
Number and diversity of educational, awareness-raising, research programmes, and partnerships that aim to strengthen protection of cultural and natural heritage.
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SDG 15.6: Promote Access to Genetic Resources and Fair Sharing of the Benefits
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Policies, plans and agreements in place for access and benefit sharing relating to use of collections, in line with the Nagoya Protocol (notably relating to natural history collections, gene banks, tissue banks, seed banks).
Effective communication and dissemination methods in place to promote access to resources, and access to relevant policies, plans and agreements, in place.
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SDG 16.3: Promote the Rule of Law and Ensure Equal Access to Justice
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Collections development that relates to the rule of law, equality before the law, and justice for all.
Number of activities drawing on collections, for example educational, research and partnership activities, that promote the rule of law at national and international levels, and that promote a culture of lawfulness, and the right of all to justice.
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SDG 16.6: Develop Effective Accountable and Transparent Institutions
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Proportion of the population [audience/users/non-users] satisfied with their last experience of public services.
Access to information, and accountability policies and mechanisms, in place.
Effective institutional arrangements, both for own working and for working in partnership with other sectors, in place.
Plans and arrangements in place for extraordinary circumstances such as natural and human-caused disasters.
Effective arrangements in place to fulfil legal and social obligations and responsibilities.
Effective arrangements in place for transparent communication and reporting of institutional performance.
Effective arrangements in place for transparent decision-making and accountability.
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SDG 16.10: Ensure Public Access to Information and Protect Fundamental Freedoms
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Adopt and implement constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information.
Plans in place, and plans implemented to enhance public access to information relating to collections.
Plans in place, and plans implemented to support fundamental freedoms, in line with human rights, national and international agreements and legislation.
Plans and procedures in place for public access to information relating to the operation and management of collections-based institutions.
Complaint mechanism in place for public to use where public access to information and fundamental freedoms not supported or fulfilled.
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SDG 16.B: Promote and Enforce Non-Discriminatory Laws and Policies
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Proportion of population [audience/users/non-users] reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law.
Number and proportion of policies that incorporate sustainable development considerations, in the full sense of recognizing all three of social, economic and environmental considerations.
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SDG 17.16: Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Number and/or increase in number, and diversity of global and international multi-stakeholder partnerships that share collection-related knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources to address the SDGs, or that otherwise involve collections-based organisations and institutions.
Number and/or increase in number, and diversity of global and international multi-stakeholder partnerships involving developing countries that share collection-related knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources to address the SDGs.
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SDG 17.17: Encourage Effective Partnerships
Our Collections Matter indicators:
Amount of United States dollars committed to public-private and civil society partnerships.
Number and/or increase in number, and diversity of local, national and regional multi-stakeholder (public, public-private and civil society) partnerships that address the SDGs drawing on collections, or that otherwise involve collections-based organisations and institutions.
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