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Nagoya Protocol – Cameroon
February 11 , 2024
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- 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.
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