Resources

Intergovernmental organisations

• Convention on Biological Diversity website on ABS
• ABS in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
• Benefit sharing in the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative
• World Intellectual Property organisation (WIPO) pages on traditional knowledge, genetic resources and traditional cultural expressions
• World Trade organisation, traditional knowledge and biodiversity
• World Health organisation on traditional medicines
• World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Non-governmental organisations

• Berne Declaration
• Greenpeace
• GRAIN
• International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
• Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
• International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Tools and guidelines

• Bonn guidelines on access to genetic resources and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of their utilization – CBD
• Akwé: Kon Guidelines – CBD
• ABS Management Tool – International Institute for Sustainable Development
• "Access and Benefit-sharing:  Good Practice for academic research on genetic resources" – Swiss Academy of Sciences
• Guidelines for BIO Members engaging in bioprospecting