Assessment, Conservation and the Sustainable Use of Genetic Resources: AchievingNational Objectives through Regional Collaboration

摘要

The objectives of the Asian Round Table (the subject of this report) was toidentify key issues in conservation and sustainable use of biological resources in the region, with a focus on technical and scientific cooperation, equity, and regional coordination. More specifically, the issues were: to identify objectives and priorities to include sustainable use, consumptive use and conservation of genetic resources and ways and means to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits; mechanisms for national and regional capacity building in managing biodiversity resources; technology cooperation and transfer of technology to strengthen added value activities to the genetic resources of developing countries; and the scope for multilateral arrangements and the possibility for co-operative agreements.