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
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
Access to Benefit Sharing
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
Cook Islands Partners
National Environment Service
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Marine Resources
Ministry of Cultural Development
Te Ipukarea Society
Marae Moana
Climate Change Cook Islands
Natural Heritage Trust
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