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National Target

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Government

Cambodia

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Increase benefit-sharing with communities

Description

By 2030, Cambodia initiates the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources and traditional knowledge, contributing to national benefits while protecting rights and raising awareness.

Please outline the main policy measures or actions that will be taken to achieve this national target.

Policy: Code on Environment and Natural Resource (2023) and Sub-Decree No. 104 ANK.BK (2023) on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing

Actions: Cambodia will increase fair and equitable benefit-sharing from genetic resources and traditional knowledge by operationalizing Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) procedures under the ENR Code and Sub-Decree No. 104. Clear permitting, mutually agreed terms and Free, Prior and Informed Consent processes will be applied in research and commercial use. Community protocols and capacity-building will strengthen Indigenous Peoples’ participation and rights protection. Monitoring and coordination mechanisms will ensure transparency, compliance and equitable distribution of monetary and non-monetary benefits arising from biodiversity use.

Alignment

Contribution to global Goals

GBF-G-C. Benefits from the use of genetic resources are shared and substantially increased

Alignment with global targets

Global Targets

Degree of Alignment

GBF-T13. Fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources, digital sequence information and associated traditional knowledge

Medium

Which of the “considerations for implementation” in Section C of the GBF have been taken into account in developing this national target, and the actions to implement it

Consistency with international agreements or instruments

Contribution and rights of indigenous peoples and local communities

Different value systems

Human rights-based approach

Cooperation and synergies

Please explain how these considerations have been taken into account

The target establishes procedures for access and benefit-sharing while explicitly addressing traditional knowledge protection and community benefit pathways. Actions focus on awareness and capacity building, community-support measures to protect traditional knowledge, and partnership models for bio-prospecting, all of which require coordination and clear safeguards. The overall framing is strongly equity-oriented, reflecting rights-based and plural-value considerations.

Explanation, including which aspects of the goal or target are covered

Cambodia covers genetic resources and traditional knowledge, but GBF Target 13 explicitly includes digital sequence information (DSI) and calls for effective legal/policy/administrative measures and a significant increase in benefits shared.

Indicators to be used to monitor this national target

Headline indicators

C.1 Monetary benefits received in accordance with applicable internationally agreed access and benefit-sharing instruments

C.2 Non-monetary benefits arising from applicable international access and benefit-sharing instruments

Binary indicators

13.b Number of countries that have taken effective legal, policy, administrative and capacity-building measures at all levels, as appropriate, to ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the utilization of genetic resources and from digital sequence information on genetic resources, as well as traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources

Other national indicators

13.1. Number of access permits issued for genetic resources and associated TK

13.2. Number of community protocols or guidelines for FPIC/TK protection

13.3. Number of national ABS policies, guidelines, tools and administrative measures developed

13.4. Number of ABS capacity programs and awareness materials disseminated

Means to implementation and barriers to implementation

Please indicate if additional means of implementation are needed for the attainment of this national target.

Other

Please explain (Additional means of implementation are needed for the attainment of this national target)

to be analyzed if we need to have additional means of implementation