XXIIIrd International Eucarpia symposium, Section Ornamentals ...

ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING UNDER THE
CBD - WHAT CONSEQUENCES MIGHT AN
INTERNATIONAL REGIME HAVE?
The international negotiations on an International Regime on Access and Benefit-
Sharing are making progress; it is planned to adopt a system in 2010. Even though
meanwhile at least part of the negotiators see a need for tailored solutions for different
industries, horticulture and agriculture are held to have the same interests. But is this
really the case? CIOPORA developed a position on the specialities and needs of
breeders of asexually reproduced ornamental and fruit varieties.
We describe how access and benefit-sharing is carried out in the horticultural sector,
what is different about the sector compared to others and show how a solution should
look like for our sector. The basic assumption is, that by legal and practical means
already without any additional administrative instruments sufficient benefit-sharing is
executed and that a model like under the ITPGRFA might not be first choice for breeders
of vergetatively reproduced ornamental and fruit varieties.
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Birte Lorenzen
CIOPORA, Gänsemarkt 45,
20354 Hamburg, Germany
Birte.Lorenzen@ciopora.org
Session Biodiversity 19