Addressee: Member States

Paragraph #51Session #6 (2007)

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The Permanent Forum urges States to recognize indigenous peoples’ customary laws on genetic resources and traditional knowledge and to consider the development of sui generis systems based on such customary laws, as appropriate, for the protection of traditional knowledge and access and benefit-sharing of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge.

Final Report of UNPFII Session 6 (2007)

Area of Work

Environment