해양관련 생물다양성협약 의제 소개

Abstract

In June 1992, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was concluded by 158 countriesin Rio de Janeiro. And now, 194 member nations are participating in discussions for their ownprofit. Recently, Nagoya Protocol regarding Access to genetic resources and Benefit-Sharing(ABS) was approved and took effect from October 12th, 2014. Thus, it is important to understandthe impact of CBD and ABS functioning on researchers studying marine biodiversity. Until now,in the previous Conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the interesttowards researching marine and marine living resources was relatively low, and accordingly, thediscussions regarding marine and marine living resources were delayed. However, in the 12th PyeongchangConference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the arguments concerningEcologically or Biologically Significant marine Areas (EBSA) and the other marine relatedissues were discussed. Although, South Korea has not yet officially joined Nagoya Protocol, howeverthe consultations in regard to Prior and Informed Consent (PIC), Mutually Agreed Terms(MAT) and Global Multilateral Benefit-Sharing Mechanism (GMBSM) were discussed. We belivethat as a possessing nation of biological resources, South Korean government authorities shouldrevise their management systems protocol and regulations concerning domestic biological resources,in order to strengthen the information system and help academia and industry to utilize thebiological resources abroad easily and effectively.