Access to Benefit Sharing

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Access to Benefit Sharing  (L to R)
Emily Pierre,  Project Manager, National Environment Service
Elizabeth Munro, Biodiversity Officer, National Environment Service
Maureen Hilyard, Policy Analyst, Development Consultant
Mathilda Miria-Tairea, Legal Advisor
Julie Taripo-Shedden, Media Consultant

Access to Benefit Sharing Clearing house  (link to the ABS section of the Convention of Biological Diversity)
ABS Initiative – Cook Islands Report (link)
ABS Project Document (UNEP)

 

Cook Islands Reports

Introduction to ABS in the Cook Islands – Maureen Hilyard (December 2017)
ABS – Visit to Aitutaki – Maureen Hilyard (December 2017)
Situational and Stakeholder Analysis – Maureen Hilyard (February 2018)
Consultation with the Northern Group Islands – Maureen Hilyard (April 2018)
Consultation with the Southern Group Islands – Maureen Hilyard (May 2018)
Cook Islands ABS Workshop – Thursday 13 December 2018 (webpage)

 

Video Recordings of the Pa Enua visits (by Julie Taripo-Shedden)

(available from Cook Islands TV and Radio)
ABS Consultation in Ngaputoru (Mauke, Mitiaro and Atiu)
ABS Northern Group Consultation (Pukapuka, Manihiki, Rakahanga, Penrhyn)
ABS Policy Analysts News

 

Legislation  & Regulations

Traditional Knowledge Act
FINAL DRAFT: Access and Benefit Sharing Policy 2018
Convention of Biodiversity
– Bonn Guidelines
– National Implementation Fact Sheet
– Ratification Fact Sheet
– How NOT to negotiate ABS agreements
– The Nagoya Protocol – Maureen Hilyard (ppt)

 

Media Articles

Meetings focus on Maori medicine – CI News, 20 November 2018
Spotlight on Maori medicine – CI News, 23 April 2018
Tiare week speech contest tricky for judges –  CI News, 01 December 2017
Top students in speech contest – CI News, 27 November 2017
Four colleges in speech contest – CI News, 27 November 2017
Spotlight on Pacific biodiversity – CI News, 18 May 2016
Nature’s systems vital to survival of our ‘paradise’– CI News, 18 May 2018
Cook Islands launches Access and Benefit Sharing Project – UNDP, 16 May 2016
Leading the way in biodiversity control – CI News , 13 May 2016