The ratification of the Nagoya Protocol in 2014 has seen countries intensifying their activities to develop domestic access and benefit-sharing (ABS) systems. UN Environment, in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF), is supporting the Democratic Republic of Congo to strengthen the national legal and regulatory frameworks that enable access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
During a workshop held in May 2018, in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Mr. Jean-Marie Bangozy, Secretary-General of the Environment at the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, emphasized the commitment of the DRC in the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol.
According to Mr. Bangozy, the country does not have legal and regulatory frameworks related to access and benefit-sharing and the capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol.
Through this initiative, UN Environment will enhance the capacities of the country’s implementing agencies and officers, as well as local and indigenous communities, to meet the obligations associated with the Nagoya Protocol.
UN Environment will continue to work with the national project management unit – comprised of Action d'Aide Sanitaire et de Développement aux plus Démunis (AASD) and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development – to ensure an inclusive and representative institutional arrangement in the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in the Congo.
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