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Montreal, 25 de febrero de 2011 - México se convirtió en el quinto país en firmar el Protocolo de Nagoya sobre el Acceso a los Recursos Genéticos y Participación Justa y Equitativa en los Beneficios Derivados de su Utilización
El Protocolo de Nagoya, un tratado histórico que vincula la conservación y la utilización sostenible de la diversidad biológica con el desarrollo, fue acordado por las 193 Partes en el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica en la Cumbre de Aichi-Nagoya de la Diversidad Biológica en octubre de 2010.
El Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, el Sr. Ban Ki-moon, hablando en ocasión de la firma, dijo: "Quiero aprovechar esta oportunidad para felicitar al Gobierno de México por su liderazgo durante las negociaciones de este importante instrumento jurídico como lo demuestra una vez más hoy por su compromiso al ser uno de los primeros países en firmar el Protocolo de Nagoya. "
El Sr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secretario Ejecutivo del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica, el cual se encuentra asistiendo a la vigésima sexta Reunión del Consejo de Administración/Foro Ambiental Mundial a Nivel Ministerial (GC/FAMM) de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) dijo: "El Protocolo de Nagoya es un instrumento jurídico del siglo XXI, que complementa el conjunto de herramientas necesarias para que la humanidad pueda lograr un desarrollo sostenible - desarrollo que se caracteriza por la equidad y la relación armoniosa entre la humanidad y el planeta.
El Sr. Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, Secretario del Gobierno de México para el Medio Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales, habló en una conferencia de prensa posteriormente a la ceremonia de la firma, en la cual dijo lo siguiente:
"México se puede sentir orgulloso por haber logrado los objetivos principales de la Cumbre de la Diversidad Biológica en Japón. Como un país megadiverso, México ha adoptado varias medidas y políticas públicas que plantean la importancia del uso sostenible de la diversidad biológica y los servicios que proporciona como elementos esenciales para el bienestar humano.
"En este año únicamente, México ha incorporado tres y medio millones de hectáreas de tierras como áreas naturales protegidas dentro de nuestro territorio, lo que equivale a 1.2 veces la superficie de Suiza, esto va más allá de la meta de lo que deseábamos lograr para 2012. Hoy en día, casi 25.4 millones de hectáreas, es decir, casi el 13 por ciento de todo el territorio mexicano, se consideran áreas naturales protegidas, y estamos trabajando para lograr el objetivo propuesto por Japón para lograr el que el 17 por ciento del territorio nacional sean áreas naturales protegidas y que el 10 por ciento sean áreas marinas protegidas.
"México ha logrado reducir la tasa de deforestación en el país. De acuerdo a la FAO, entre 2000 y 2005 habíamos tenido una pérdida neta de 235 mil hectáreas de bosques al año, la cual se ha reducido alrededor de 155 mil hectáreas. Durante la décima reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes en el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica, México promovió activamente las negociaciones del Protocolo. Aun más, desde 2002, a través del Grupo de Países afines Megadiversos y por iniciativa de México, hemos apoyado el desarrollo de un régimen internacional para promover y garantizar efectivamente la distribución justa y equitativa de los beneficios derivados de la utilización de la diversidad biológica y de sus componentes. El Protocolo de Nagoya sobre el Acceso a los Recursos Genéticos y Participación Justa y Equitativa en los Beneficios Derivados de su Utilización, asegura que los países de origen y los proveedores de los recursos genéticos disfruten de una forma justa y equitativa en los beneficios que resultan de la utilización de dichos recursos. "
El Protocolo de Nagoya, se abrió a la firma el 2 de febrero 2011, durante una ceremonia celebrada en la Sede de las Naciones Unidas. Ese día, el Protocolo fue firmado por Colombia, Yemen, Argelia y Brasil.
El Protocolo de Nagoya entrará en vigor a los 90 días después del depósito del quincuagésimo instrumento de ratificación, aceptación, aprobación o adhesión.
Nota para los editores
El Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CDB)
Abierto a la firma en la Cumbre de la Tierra en Río de Janeiro en 1992, entró en vigor en diciembre de 1993, el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica es un tratado internacional para la conservación de la biodiversidad, el uso sostenible de los componentes de la biodiversidad y la distribución equitativa de los beneficios derivados de la utilización de los recursos genéticos. Con 193 Partes, la Convención tiene participación casi universal entre los países. La Convención trata de abordar todas las amenazas a la biodiversidad y servicios de los ecosistemas, las amenazas del cambio climático, a través de evaluaciones científicas, el desarrollo de instrumentos, incentivos y procesos, la transferencia de tecnologías y buenas prácticas y la participación plena y activa de las partes interesadas pertinentes, incluidas las indígenas y las comunidades locales, los jóvenes, las ONG, las mujeres y la comunidad empresarial. El Protocolo de Cartagena sobre Seguridad de la Biotecnología, un tratado complementario de la Convención, busca proteger la diversidad biológica de los riesgos potenciales que plantean los organismos vivos modificados resultantes de la biotecnología moderna. Hasta la fecha, 159 países y la Unión Europea son parte en el Protocolo. La Secretaría de la Convención y su Protocolo de Cartagena se encuentra en Montreal.
Para mayor información visite: www.cbd.int.
El Protocolo de Nagoya
Los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno en la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (Johannesburgo, septiembre de 2002) reconoció por primera vez la necesidad de un régimen internacional para promover y salvaguardar la participación justa y equitativa de los beneficios y pidió que las negociaciones que se llevarán a cabo en el marco del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica. La Conferencia de las Partes en el Convenio respondió en su séptima reunión, en 2004, al ordenar al Grupo Especial de Trabajo de composición abierta sobre Acceso y Participación en los Beneficios para elaboraran y negociaran un régimen internacional sobre acceso a los recursos genéticos y la participación en los beneficios para aplicar efectivamente los Artículos 15 (Acceso a los Recursos Genéticos) y el Artículo 8 (j) (conocimiento tradicional) del Convenio y sus tres objetivos.
El Protocolo de Nagoya es un avance muy significativo en el objetivo del Convenio sobre la distribución justa y equitativa de los beneficios derivados de la utilización de los recursos genéticos, proporcionando una mayor seguridad jurídica y transparencia para los proveedores y los usuarios de los recursos genéticos. Las obligaciones específicas para el apoyo del cumplimiento con la legislación nacional o los requisitos reglamentarios de las Parte proporcionando los recursos genéticos y las obligaciones contractuales reflejadas en las condiciones mutuamente convenidas son una importante innovación del Protocolo de Nagoya. Estas disposiciones, así como el cumplimiento de las disposiciones que establecen condiciones más previsibles para el acceso a los recursos genéticos que contribuyen para garantizar la distribución de los beneficios cuando los recursos genéticos dejan la Parte que proporcionó los recursos genéticos. Además, las disposiciones del Protocolo sobre el acceso a los conocimientos tradicionales de las comunidades indígenas y locales cuando se asocia a los recursos genéticos la cual fortalecerá la capacidad de estas comunidades para que se beneficien de la utilización de sus conocimientos, innovaciones y prácticas.
Al promover el uso de los recursos genéticos y los conocimientos tradicionales asociados, y mediante el fortalecimiento de las oportunidades para la participación justa y equitativa de los beneficios de su utilización, el Protocolo crea incentivos para conservar la diversidad biológica, la utilización sostenible de sus componentes, y mejorar aún más la contribución de la diversidad biológica para el desarrollo sostenible y el bienestar humano. El Protocolo de Nagoya se encuentra disponible en:
http://treaties.un.org/doc/source/signature/2010/Ch-XXVII-8-b.pdf
Para mayor información comunicarse con: David Ainsworth al teléfono +1 514 287 7025 o por correo electrónico en: david.ainsworth@cbd.int; o con el Sr. Johan Hedlund al teléfono: +1 514 287 6670 o por correo electrónico en: johan.hedlund@cbd.int.
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A new legal instrument at the service of sustainable development opens for signature
Montreal, 2 February 2011 - At a ceremony held today in New York, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization was opened for signature by Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Addressing the opening ceremony, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all Parties to expedite the early entry into force of this new legal instrument at the service of sustainable development and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Speaking on behalf of the President of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Japan's Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Mr. Tatsushi Terada, said, "The historic adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing was indeed the fruit of the collective efforts of all the Parties. The next step that we need to focus is the early entry into force and the effective implementation of the Protocol."
During the ceremony, representatives of Colombia, Yemen, Brazil and Algeria signed the Nagoya Protocol, which remains open for signature until 1 February 2012 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
After six years of negotiations, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Nagoya Protocol on 29 October 2010, in Nagoya, Japan. The Protocol builds on the Convention and supports the further implementation of one of its three objectives: the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.
The Protocol provides the means to translate the Convention's objective into reality. Speaking on its immense significance, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, said, "It will benefit all. Indeed, it will provide greater legal certainty and transparency for both providers and users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. It will facilitate access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, on the one hand, and support the fair and equitable sharing of benefits with the provider country and indigenous and local communities, on the other."
Genetic resources, whether from plant, animal or micro-organisms, are used for various purposes, ranging from basic research to the development of products. Users of genetic resources include research institutes, universities and private companies operating in various sectors such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, horticulture, cosmetics and biotechnology.
Benefits derived from genetic resources may include the sharing of the results of research and development carried out on genetic resources the transfer of technologies that make use of those resources, participation in biotechnological research activities, or monetary benefits arising from the commercialization of products based on genetic resources, such as pharmaceuticals.
The Nagoya Protocol enters into force 90 days after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession. The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties, being held in India from 8 to 19 October 2012, is the target for convening the first meeting of the Parties to the Protocol. For this target to be met, the Nagoya Protocol must enter into force no later than 8 October 2012, with the fiftieth instrument of ratification deposited no later than 10 July 2012.
The Nagoya Protocol's early entry into force is strategically important for the successful implementation of the Convention. The Conference of the Parties and the United Nations General Assembly have called upon the Convention's 193 Parties to sign the Nagoya Protocol at the earliest opportunity, and to deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval, or instruments of accession, as appropriate, as soon as possible.
Monique Barbut, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced a million dollar project to support the early entry into force of the Protocol, stating that: "The GEF, as the designated financial mechanism of this new legal instrument, is fully committed to ensure it moves into force as quickly as possible. The Nagoya Protocol is the latest tool toward serving what marks 20 years of strong results investing locally for global impact."
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Notes to editors
Heads of State and Government at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, September 2002) first recognized the need for an international regime to promote and safeguard the fair and equitable sharing of benefits and called for negotiations to be carried out within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Conference of the Parties to the Convention responded at its seventh meeting, in 2004, by mandating its Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing to elaborate and negotiate an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing to effectively implement Articles 15 (Access to Genetic Resources) and 8(j) (Traditional Knowledge) of the Convention and its three objectives.
The Nagoya Protocol significantly advances the objective of the Convention on the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources by providing greater legal certainty and transparency for both providers and users of genetic resources. Specific obligations to support compliance with domestic legislation or regulatory requirements of the Party providing genetic resources and contractual obligations reflected in mutually agreed terms are a significant innovation of the Nagoya Protocol. These compliance provisions as well as provisions establishing more predictable conditions for access to genetic resources will contribute to ensuring the sharing of benefits when genetic resources leave a Party providing genetic resources. Also, the Protocol's provisions on access to traditional knowledge held by indigenous and local communities when it is associated with genetic resources will strengthen the ability of these communities to benefit from the use of their knowledge, innovations and practices.
By promoting the use of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, and by strengthening the opportunities for fair and equitable sharing of benefits from their use, the Protocol will create incentives to conserve biodiversity, sustainably use its components, and further enhance the contribution of biodiversity to sustainable development and human well-being. The Nagoya Protocol is available at:
http://treaties.un.org/doc/source/signature/2010/Ch-XXVII-8-b.pdf
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and entering into force in December 1993, the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of the components of biodiversity and the equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. With 193 Parties, the Convention has near universal participation among countries. The Convention seeks to address all threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services, including threats from climate change, through scientific assessments, the development of tools, incentives and processes, the transfer of technologies and good practices and the full and active involvement of relevant stakeholders including indigenous and local communities, youth, NGOs, women and the business community. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is a subsidiary agreement to the Convention. It seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology. To date, 159 countries plus the European Union have ratified the Cartagena Protocol. The Secretariat of the Convention and its Cartagena Protocol is located in Montreal, Canada. For more information visit www.cbd.int
For additional information, please contact: David Ainsworth on +1 514 287 7025 or at david.ainsworth@cbd.int; or Johan Hedlund on +1 514 287 6670 or at johan.hedlund@cbd.int.
2011 International Year of Forests
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Speaking on behalf of the President of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Japan's Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Mr. Tatsushi Terada, said, "The historic adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing was indeed the fruit of the collective efforts of all the Parties. The next step that we need to focus is the early entry into force and the effective implementation of the Protocol."
During the ceremony, representatives of Colombia, Yemen, Brazil and Algeria signed the Nagoya Protocol, which remains open for signature until 1 February 2012 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
After six years of negotiations, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Nagoya Protocol on 29 October 2010, in Nagoya, Japan. The Protocol builds on the Convention and supports the further implementation of one of its three objectives: the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.
The Protocol provides the means to translate the Convention's objective into reality. Speaking on its immense significance, the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, said, "It will benefit all. Indeed, it will provide greater legal certainty and transparency for both providers and users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge. It will facilitate access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, on the one hand, and support the fair and equitable sharing of benefits with the provider country and indigenous and local communities, on the other."
Genetic resources, whether from plant, animal or micro-organisms, are used for various purposes, ranging from basic research to the development of products. Users of genetic resources include research institutes, universities and private companies operating in various sectors such as pharmaceuticals, agriculture, horticulture, cosmetics and biotechnology.
Benefits derived from genetic resources may include the sharing of the results of research and development carried out on genetic resources the transfer of technologies that make use of those resources, participation in biotechnological research activities, or monetary benefits arising from the commercialization of products based on genetic resources, such as pharmaceuticals.
The Nagoya Protocol enters into force 90 days after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession. The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties, being held in India from 8 to 19 October 2012, is the target for convening the first meeting of the Parties to the Protocol. For this target to be met, the Nagoya Protocol must enter into force no later than 8 October 2012, with the fiftieth instrument of ratification deposited no later than 10 July 2012.
The Nagoya Protocol's early entry into force is strategically important for the successful implementation of the Convention. The Conference of the Parties and the United Nations General Assembly have called upon the Convention's 193 Parties to sign the Nagoya Protocol at the earliest opportunity, and to deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval, or instruments of accession, as appropriate, as soon as possible.
Monique Barbut, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced a million dollar project to support the early entry into force of the Protocol, stating that: "The GEF, as the designated financial mechanism of this new legal instrument, is fully committed to ensure it moves into force as quickly as possible. The Nagoya Protocol is the latest tool toward serving what marks 20 years of strong results investing locally for global impact."
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Notes to editors
Heads of State and Government at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, September 2002) first recognized the need for an international regime to promote and safeguard the fair and equitable sharing of benefits and called for negotiations to be carried out within the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Conference of the Parties to the Convention responded at its seventh meeting, in 2004, by mandating its Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing to elaborate and negotiate an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing to effectively implement Articles 15 (Access to Genetic Resources) and 8(j) (Traditional Knowledge) of the Convention and its three objectives.
The Nagoya Protocol significantly advances the objective of the Convention on the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources by providing greater legal certainty and transparency for both providers and users of genetic resources. Specific obligations to support compliance with domestic legislation or regulatory requirements of the Party providing genetic resources and contractual obligations reflected in mutually agreed terms are a significant innovation of the Nagoya Protocol. These compliance provisions as well as provisions establishing more predictable conditions for access to genetic resources will contribute to ensuring the sharing of benefits when genetic resources leave a Party providing genetic resources. Also, the Protocol's provisions on access to traditional knowledge held by indigenous and local communities when it is associated with genetic resources will strengthen the ability of these communities to benefit from the use of their knowledge, innovations and practices.
By promoting the use of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, and by strengthening the opportunities for fair and equitable sharing of benefits from their use, the Protocol will create incentives to conserve biodiversity, sustainably use its components, and further enhance the contribution of biodiversity to sustainable development and human well-being. The Nagoya Protocol is available at:
http://treaties.un.org/doc/source/signature/2010/Ch-XXVII-8-b.pdf
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and entering into force in December 1993, the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of the components of biodiversity and the equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. With 193 Parties, the Convention has near universal participation among countries. The Convention seeks to address all threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services, including threats from climate change, through scientific assessments, the development of tools, incentives and processes, the transfer of technologies and good practices and the full and active involvement of relevant stakeholders including indigenous and local communities, youth, NGOs, women and the business community. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is a subsidiary agreement to the Convention. It seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology. To date, 159 countries plus the European Union have ratified the Cartagena Protocol. The Secretariat of the Convention and its Cartagena Protocol is located in Montreal, Canada. For more information visit www.cbd.int
For additional information, please contact: David Ainsworth on +1 514 287 7025 or at david.ainsworth@cbd.int; or Johan Hedlund on +1 514 287 6670 or at johan.hedlund@cbd.int.
2011 International Year of Forests
http://www.cbd.int/
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