Ethiopia - 2006 - Forestry and Wildlife

Access to Genetic Resources and Community Knowledge, and Community Rights Proclamation

Council of Ministers, Ethiopia

The objective of this Proclamation is to ensure that the country and its communities obtain a fair and equitable share from the benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources to promote the conservation and sustainable utilization of the country’s biodiversity resources”. The Proclamation applies to access to genetic resources found in situ or ex-situ conditions and community knowledge.”

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January 2022

The objective of this Proclamation is to ensure that the country and its communities obtain a fair and equitable share from the benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources to promote the conservation and sustainable utilization of the country’s biodiversity resources”. The Proclamation applies to access to genetic resources found in situ or ex-situ conditions and community knowledge.”

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