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ATSAF-Arbeitsgruppe
Positionspapier der ATSAF-Arbeitsgruppe 1 „Erhaltung und nachhaltige
Nutzung von genetischen Ressourcen als Teil der biologischen Vielfalt“ zum
Zugang zu und zur Weitergabe von pflanzengenetischen Ressourcen für die
Ernährung und Landwirtschaft
Statement of the ATSAF-working group „Conservation and sustainable Use of Genetic Resources
as a part of Biological Diversity“ on access to and exchange of plant genetic resources for food
and agriculture (PGRFA)
W. RITTER, M. AUER, W. BARTHLOTT, F. BEGEMANN, R. VON BROOCK, B. FAHRENHORST, M.
FLEUTH, M. FLITNER, R. GOLDBACH, H.-J. DE HAAS, K. HAMMER, W. HIMMIGHOFEN, S. JUTZI,
E. KÜRSCHNER, P.-T. STOLL, H. WAIBEL, B. WEISKOPF, K. WOLPERS
Summary of the Working Group Recommendations on Access to Genetic Resources and
Benefit Sharing
The Convention on Biological Diversity which entered into force on December 29, 1993, creates
a new relationship between states providing genetic resources and potential users and is legally
binding for the member states. Although many of the details of implementing the convention still
need to be worked out. It is obvious that the Convention is already now altering the international
cooperative effort to conserve and utilize genetic resources. The plant genetic resources for food
and agriculture (PGRFA) are an important part of the biological diversity.
At the moment, discussions on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and
on the revision of the FAO International Undertaking are under way which, together with the
GATT/TRIPS 2 agreement, will lead to the future global framework for the conservation and
utilization of biodiversity.
The International Agricultural Research Centers will need clear guidance from the Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) since most of its members have ratified
the Biodiversity Convention. Considering that conservation and utilization of germplasm are the
cornerstones of the CGIAR mandate as well as for the operation of the centers, the ongoing
process has to be carefully analysed and consequences have to be elaborated.
In order to analyse the different aspects and consequences involved in the implementation of the
Convention from a German perspective, it was decided to set up a multidisciplinary working group
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