The Swiss Academy of Sciences together with the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN organizes the conference “Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing: Rights and duties in scientific research” on the 9th of September 2016, 9.15-12.30 a.m. at the Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern.
 
All non-commercial academic researchers working with genetic resources are invited to participate in this conference.
 
The goal
 of this event is to inform the researchers about the ABS system, the Nagoya Protocol and its implementation in Switzerland, the consequences of the Nagoya Protocol for scientific research,
 the rights and duties relating to Nagoya Protocol and, finally, the supporting tools and the required procedures.
 
On line registration and programme of the conference are found here