Cameroon in central Africa has now adopted the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing.
It is an international agreement that aims to ensure that the benefits of using genetic resources and traditional knowledge are shared in a fair and equitable way.
The Nagoya Protocol is an offshoot of the Convention on Biological Diversity that addresses fair and equitable benefit sharing in the context of biodiversity access.
Cameroon is a biodiversity hotspot, with an estimated 11,000 plant, animal, and microorganism species.
Nagoya Protocol was adopted by the CBD in Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010 and entered into force in 2014.