ACT 37 OF 2022 – ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT

An Act to give effect in Botswana to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their utilisation to the Convention on Biological Diversity; to provide for the establishment of administration structures and processes for access to biological or genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge; to regulate access to biological or genetic resources and associated knowledge; to protect the rights of the local communities over biological or genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge; to provide for a fair and equitable sharing of benefits accrued from the utilisation of biological or genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge; and to provide for related matters.

See: Access And Benefit-Sharing of Biological Diversity Act.

Date of Commencement: On Notice