Report of the first ad hoc Group meeting on the Nagoya Protocol: application and implementation in the context of WOAH activities

The Nagoya Protocol (NP) on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization was established as a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Protocol was adopted on 29 October 2010 in Nagoya (Japan), and entered into force on 12 October 2014.
While its primary goal is to encourage biodiversity conservation through fair and equitable sharing of benefits, its implementation has created significant challenges for the control of transboundary animal diseases and the activities linked to animal health of the WOAH Reference Centres and Members (e.g. international shipment
of animal samples for diagnostic purpose, the use of microbiological strain coming from a foreign country for the development of vaccines or diagnostic kits, or the use of a foreign microbiological strain for research purpose).