AGREEMENT ON THE REPATRIATION, RESTORATION AND MONITORING OF AGROBIODIVERSITY OF NATIVE POTATOES AND

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AGREEMENT ON THE REPATRIATION, RESTORATION AND
MONITORING OF AGROBIODIVERSITY OF NATIVE POTATOES
AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS -
December 17, 2004
David Tay, PhD Leader, Genebank International
Potato Center
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP - DESIGN AND
PLANNING OFAGROBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
AREAS18-30 SEPTEMBER CUSCO, PERU
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Timeliness

• The Agreement is up for renewal in December 2009
• A critical review

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Parties of the Agreement

• Association of Communities in the Potato Park
  (represented by the Association for Nature and
  Sustainable Development - ANDES)
• International Potato Centre (CIP seeks to
  contribute to the reduction of poverty and
  achieve food security on a sustained basis in
  developing countries through scientific research
  and related activities on potato, sweet potato,
  other root and tuber crops, and through improved
  management of natural resources)

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Common Values Believes

• Importance in the conservation, sustainable use
  and development of maximum agrobiodiversity
• improve the nutrition, health and other needs of
  the growing global population
• complimentary role of in situ and ex situ
  strategies for conservation, sustainable use and
  development of agricultural biodiversity

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Common Values Believes (cont.)

• indigenous and local communities have been, and
  continue to be, the main custodians of
  agricultural systems, and the authors of related
  knowledge
• indigenous communities constitute a global
  community committed to mutual progress and
  benefit through open and equitable sharing and
  exchange of practical and cultural knowledge
  systems which contribute to human creativity and
  progress

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Common Values Believes (cont.)

• customary rights and responsibilities underpin
  the custody of agrobiodiversity by indigenous
  communities, and agree on the need to promote the
  restoration of these rights and responsibilities
• FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic
  Resources for Food and Agriculture (IT), and the
  Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

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Complementary Advantage

• The Park a grass-root model on agrobiodiversity
  conservation of sustainable use, and promotion
  and protection of the associated resources,
  knowledge and traditional practices
• CIP a capacity for the conservation and
  sustainable use of potato biodiversity and other
  Andean roots and tubers, and is committed to the
  United Nations Millennium Development Goals

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Objectives

• 1. Promote the cultivation, use and maintenance
  of maximum diversity of traditional or locally
  appropriate agricultural resources
• 2. Ensure that genetic resources and knowledge
  remain under the custody of the communities and
  do not become subject to intellectual property
  rights in any form

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Objectives (cont.)

• 3. Promote, through collaborative research, the
  role of in situ and ex situ strategies in the
  conservation of agricultural biodiversity.
  Moreover, through this Agreement, strengthen the
  role of the Potato Park as a means of promoting
  continuity between the two strategies for the
  mutual benefit of the two parties and of
  conservation and agricultural development in
  general

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Objectives (cont.)

• 4. Develop the collaboration between the two
  parties and others, in ways which promote respect
  for the biological resources and associated
  rights and responsibilities of local and
  indigenous communities
• 5. Implement this Agreement with regard to
  traditional principles associated with rural
  development laws and common practices and the
  promotion of the rights and traditions of the
  indigenous communities of the Park, including but
  not limited to, the previous agreement on
  activities which might affect the rights and
  responsibilities of these communities.

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Scopes

• repatriation of elements related to
  agrobiodiversity of native potato and associated
  knowledge
• participatory research on the flow and evolution
  of diversity, classification, variation and
  geographical distribution, and management of
  materials repatriated
• in situ and ex situ conservation

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Nature of the Agreement

• mutual collaboration
• should not grant rights to either party to act,
  communicate or take any other action in the name
  of the other, unless the other party has given
  its consent
• All rights, obligations, responsibilities and
  benefits obtained under this Agreement should be
  considered to be of the parties

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Compatibility with national and international
regulations

• within the framework of the principles
  established in CBD, FAO International Treaty and
  other relevant international, regional and
  national agreements and treaties
• other relevant legislation and regulations which
  come into force in the future

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Responsibilities

• 1. Joint responsibilities of the Park and CIP
• a) Promote the in situ conservation and
  management, and its relationship with ex situ
  conservation of genetic resources of native
  potato.b) As far as physical, human and
  financial resources permit, to multiply, ensure
  the condition of and make available these
  materials for redistribution to third parties.c)
  As far as possible, to jointly seek funding
  sources to support the development of the
  activities described in this Agreement.d)
  Jointly promote the development and distribution
  of publicity.e) Keep each other mutually
  informed regarding activities related to this
  Agreement.f) The parties will produce reports on
  progress related to the Agreement any time agreed
  by both, and when it is relevant to provide joint
  information to the CBD, the FAO or other
  national, regional or international bodies.g)
  The parties agree to implement the Agreement to
  promote respect, preserve and maintain indigenous
  and local knowledge, innovation and practices.h)
  Acknowledging the enormous contribution which the
  communities within the Park have made and
  continue to make to the conservation and
  development of plant genetic resources.

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Responsibilities

• Additionally
• Subject to availability of resources, to include
  in the collaborative activities the recording and
  protection of community knowledge systems related
  to genetic resources for food and farming.
• To support the right of the communities an
  equitable share of the benefits gained from the
  use of genetic plant resources for food and
  agriculture.
• To carry out actions to integrate community
  activities as a unique part of agricultural
  research and development which complement modern
  approaches, and to explore alternatives for a
  respectful interaction between these two
  approaches and the development of innovative
  strategies in this field.
• The parties recognize that concepts and standards
  of community rights and peasant rights are
  rapidly evolving and agree to discuss the
  adaptation of the provisions of this Agreement as
  necessary to reflect future standards.

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Responsibilities

• 2. Responsibilities of the Park
• a) To maintain viable genetic material for
  distribution and sowing by members of the Potato
  Park and third parties, in accordance with the
  Agreement.b) To maintain access to the genetic
  material.c) Whenever necessary, to obtain the
  consent of other indigenous and local community
  organizations for the redistribution of
  repatriated native crops.d) To observe the terms
  and conditions of the Potato Park regulations.e)
  To provide information to CIP on the activities
  of the Potato Park, in accordance with the terms
  of this Agreement.f) To participate in
  collaborative research on issues indicated in
  this Agreement and others which may be agreed and
  are of mutual interest to the parties.

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Responsibilities

• 3. Responsibilities of CIP (Depending on its
  human resource, financial and physical capacity)
• a) To prepare and make available the genetic
  material for its repatriation.b) To guarantee
  the good condition of the plant material. The
  repatriated material must be free of known pests
  and disease, or must first have gone through pest
  and disease eradication by CIP.c) To provide
  technical assistance to the Park for the
  maintenance, monitoring and multiplication of
  seed and management of the repatriated genetic
  materials.

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Colección de Papas en el CIP, por paises (4354
accs)
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Colección de Papas en el CIP (Germoplasma)
Cultivated

Species
7


Accessions
4,722


IT in trust
4,571


Native
4,235


Other Landraces
119


Improved
217


HS2
2,853


Non IT in trust
161


Source Dynamic Reports for Genetic Resources
http//sol/appdb/research/RIU/REPORTSD/
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Papas Nativas libre de patógenos para
Restauración de la Diversidad y Productividad en
Comunidades Campesinas
Seguridad Alimentaria Aliviacion de la Pobreza
Germoplasma Campo La Victoria - Hyo
Colecta
Campo de agricultor
Donacion
Restauracion
Exsitu In-situ
Repatriacion
Cultivo Invitro
San José de Aymará Huancavelica
Cultivo Meristemas
Deteccion de Virus
Semilla Prebasica
Termoterapia
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Complementación
Exsitu In-situ
Recolección Repatriación Restauración Tecnología C
iencia Regeneración Sistematización Estudio
Colección y/o Recolección Conservación
Preservación Preventiva y
Correctiva Periódica, Progresiva y
Total Mantenimiento Preventiva y
Correctiva Caracterización Evaluación y/o
Valoración Documentación Utilización Distribución
Normatividad Investigación Bioseguridad Mejoramien
to Modificación
Co-evolución Domesticación Conservación (Mantenimi
ento) Supervivencia Utilización Seguridad
alimentaria (Nutracéuticos) Ingreso
económico Conocimiento asociado Redistribución Nor
mas consuetudinarias Experiencias
generacionales Colectivismo
Donación Participación Conocimiento
asociado Diversidad Variabilidad Usos Característi
cas
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Renewal

• By December 17, 2009