Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia is to fight for access to global genetic resource benefits as it is one of the world`s most biologically diverse countries.
"Indonesia`s expectation for issues on access and benefit sharing is the adoption of Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge at the 10th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity next week in Nagoya, Japan," Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said in a written statement received by ANTARA on Monday.
The Indonesian delegation to the conference would be led by himself but two other ministers were also slated to attend the conference.
The Indonesian delegation to the conference would take up the issues because the protocol was an important instrument that provides for legal basis on genetic resource exploitation globally and stop bio-piracy.
Other issues to be forwarded by Indonesian delegation in the conference that will last in October 19-29 are post-2010 strategic plans and funding generation strategies. A high-level ministerial segment, to be attended by environmental ministers from more than 100 countries, will be held in October 27-29.
Substantive issues regarding access on genetic resource benefit sharing to be tabled in the conference among others are handling, transport, packaging and identification of living modified organisms (Article 18), rights and/or obligations of Parties of transit of living modified organisms, liability and redress (Article 27).
Risk assessment and risk management (Articles 15 and 16), public awareness and participation (paragraph 1, Article 23), monitoring and reporting (Article 33), assessment and review (Article 35), strategic plan of the Protocol and program of work of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol. (*)
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