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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear ABS List,<br>
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The Office of the Senior <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Gender</st1:PersonName>
Adviser of IUCN and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
have worked together to produce 6 factsheets on subjests related to <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Gender</st1:PersonName> and Biodiversity, such as: Biosafety, Access
and Benedit Sharing of the Genetic Resources, Agricultural Biodiversity,
National Biosidversity Strategies and Action Plans and Biodiversity.<br>
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</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>These
publications have been posted in the <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Gender</st1:PersonName>
and Environment Website. Hope you find thenm useful.<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
<br>
<st1:PersonName ProductID="Paula Zúñiga" w:st="on">Paula Zúñiga</st1:PersonName>
Díaz <br>
Content Manager<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IUCN, the International <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place>
for the Conservation of Nature (2008). <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Factsheet
Mainstreaming <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Gender</st1:PersonName> in ABS
Governance. </span></b><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San José</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Costa Rica</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The third objective of the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) seeks “the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits
arising out of the utilization of genetic resources, including by appropriate
access to genetic resources and by appropriate transfer of relevant
technologies, taking into account all rights over those resources and to
technologies”. The achievement of this goal depends on the
mainstreaming of gender considerations in ABS and TK governance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IUCN, the International <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place>
for the Conservation of Nature (2008). <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Factsheet
Linking <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Gender</st1:PersonName> and Biodiversity. </span></b><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San José</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Costa
Rica</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Women have a unique relationship with biodiversity
and across the globe, women predominate as wild plant gatherers, home
gardeners, plant domesticators, herbalists and seed custodians. There are
many examples that document that women and men have different uses,
knowledge, and practices concerning biodiversity. These differing
relationships with biodiversity result in gender-differentiated impacts when
the abundance and composition of the biodiversity changes. These alterations
might limit women’s access to, and control over, natural resources
(i.e. land, water, cattle and trees) and reduce their possibilities to
provide their families with a proper lifestyle.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IUCN,
the International </span></font><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Union</span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
for the Conservation of Nature (2008). <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Factsheet
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Gender</st1:PersonName> and Biosafety. </span></b><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San José</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Costa
Rica</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It is important that the Cartagena Protocol of the
Convention on Biological Diversity recognizes that the impact of introducing
GMOs could be gender-differentiated because men and women have different knowledges,
needs and vulnerabilities. Women worldwide, and specially women from
indigenous groups and local communities, need to have access to information,
skills, equipment, regulatory frameworks, and procedures. This will allow
them to understand the issues, make informed decisions, manage, or avoid any
potential risks associated to GMOs, have the capacity to implement the
Protocol, and have an arena where their needs and concerns are heard and
valued.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Secretariat of the Convention on Biological
Diversity and IUCN, the International <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place>
for the Conservation of Nature (2008). <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Factsheet
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Gender</st1:PersonName> and Access and Benefit
Sharing of Genetic Resources</span></b> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>(ABS).
</span></b><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San José</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Costa Rica</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The use and development of genetic resources, if
carried out without taking into consideration the needs and practices of
communities, could endanger their livelihoods. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Secretariat of the Convention on Biological
Diversity and IUCN, the International <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place>
for the Conservation of Nature (2008). <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Factsheet
</span></b></span></font><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Gender</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'> and Agricultural Biodiversity</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>. </span></font></b><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>San José</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:country-region
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Underpinning the Convention on Biological Diversity
is recognition that humans, themselves a diversity of cultures and knowledge,
are an integral component of ecosystems as both users and managers of
resources. Because it is human management of agricultural landscapes that
shapes agricultural biodiversity, gender-based differences in knowledge and
responsibilities greatly impact management activities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
and IUCN, the International <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place> for the
Conservation of Nature (2008). <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Factsheet <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Gender</st1:PersonName> and National Biodiversity Strategies and
Action Plans (NBSAPs). </span></b><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San
José</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Costa Rica</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A fundamental
characteristic of the NBSAPs should be the active involvement of all social
groups in their elaboration. However, in order to ensure genuine
representation, it is necessary to recognize that there is diversity within
social groups due to their sex, age, ethnic group, income, occupations and
civil status, among others. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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