Authors: Sirakaya, Aysegul;

International law provides for mechanisms for the conservation and restoration of biodiversity resulting from utilising nature. One of the mechanisms that aims to generate funds and awareness for conservation is fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources (ABS). The success of ABS is measured through the global indicators such as the Aichi Targets. ABS is also an integral part of the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

The Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework is in the process of negotiating the international biodiversity goals, targets and indicators which will be replacing the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The negotiation will lead to the adoption of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

In 2020, the Global Biodiversity Outlook has announced that we have failed to achieve every single one of the Aichi Targets. Therefore, there is an apparent need to evaluate whether the Post-2020 Framework faces the same fate.

This presentation will compare the access and benefit-sharing related goals, targets and indicators of Aichi Targets with the Post-2020 Framework that will be adopted in May 2022 in order to discuss whether the success or failure of ABS can be measured through these frameworks.