Federal Negarit Gazeta
13th Year No. 13 ADDIS ABABA-27th February, 2006
Page 3353
CONTENTS
Proclamation No. 482/2006
Access to Genetic Resources and Community Knowledge, and
Community Rights Proclamation …. Page 3351
PROCLAMATION NO. 482/2006
A PROCLAMATION TO PROVIDE FOR ACCESS TO GENETIC
RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNITY
RIGHT
WHEREAS, the immense biodiversity wealth Ethiopia is endowed
with must be conserved and sustainably utilized for the benefit and
development of its peoples;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to recognize the historical contribution
Ethiopian communities made to the conservation, development and
sustainable utilization of biodiversity resources;
WHEREAS, Ethiopia is a part to the Convention on Biological
Diversity and Convention requires the enactment of access legislation;
WHEREAS, Ethiopia has agreed to the African Model Law on
Community, Farmers’ and Plant Breeders’ Right and Access to Biological
Resources;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to protect and encourage the customary
use of genetic resources by Ethiopian communities which are relevant to
the conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity resources of the
country;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to recognize and protect the knowledge
of Ethiopian communities generated and accumulated with respect to the
conservation and utilization of genetic resources and promote the wider
application of such knowledge with the approval and sharing benefits by
such communities;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to involve communities in the making of
decisions concerning the use of genetic resources and community
knowledge and sharing of benefits derived from the utilization thereof;