Access and Benefit-sharing is Goal C of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework that must be achieved by 2050. This goal states that the monetary and non-monetary benefits from the utilization of genetic resources are shared fairly and equitably and contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. This side event provides examples of GEF-funded projects implemented with the support of UNDP that are contributing to the achievement of this goal.

Speakers

Mark Zimsky - Sr. Environmental Specialist, GEF

Santiago Carrizosa -Senior Technical Advisor and Global Lead on ABS, UNDP

LI Yonghong - Deputy Director General, Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center (FECO), Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), P.R.C.

Lourdes Coya - Environment Policy Specialist, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment, Cuba

Luis Carlos Mejía Franco - Ph.D. in Plant Pathology and Molecular Biology, The Institute of Scientific Research and High Technology Services of Panama (INDICASAT)