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Nagoya protocol aims at promoting
fair and equitable share of benefits arising out of use of genetic resources
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It is also applicable on traditional
knowledge associated with genetic resources
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To implemnt protocol countries need
an effective biodiversity protection act
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India has an act which regulates the
access to genetic resources
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But still lot needs to be done wrt
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Documentation of traditional
knowledge
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Invovlement of locals as
stakeholders
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In globalised era, governments are
flooded with request for transfer of genetic resources
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India needs to focus ons
trengthening law to
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Protect rigts of farmers and
taditional communities over natural resources
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Avoid restrictive patents on
agriculture
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Prevent on sided commercial
exploitation of genetic resources
India as a host of bio diversity summit 2012
must persuade all industrialised countries
to rattify nagoya protocol and make it an effective tool to conserve
biodiversity
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