CHM - ORTNational Target
General
Kenya
Target 13: Ensure fair and equitable sharing of Benefits from Genetic Resources, Digital Sequence Information and Associated Traditional Knowledge
ENBy 2027, develop, review and harmonize laws and policies; establish and strengthen effective institutional and administrative frameworks and by 2030 enhance the fair and equitable sharing of benefits that arise from the utilization of genetic resources, digital sequence information on genetic resources, and associated traditional knowledge, by, capacity-building and technology transfer measures at national, county and community levels, under applicable international policy instruments.
Reviews and update of existing laws and policies related to genetic resources, digital sequence information, and associated traditional knowledge.
Kenya will develop and operationalize the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Law and mainstream it to the counties. The processes of benefit sharing will be harmonized; a comprehensive inventory of access to permits will be put in place, including a tracking and tracing mechanism for their utilization. The administrative and governance structures will be reviewed to mainstream the concept of transformative change.
Empowered local communities and institutions with the skills and knowledge needed to manage genetic resources sustainably and equitably.
Facilitate funding and collaboration for research projects that explore new uses of genetic resources and ways to enhance benefit-sharing mechanisms.
Alignment
GBF-G-C. Benefits from the use of genetic resources are shared and substantially increased
| Global Targets | Degree of Alignment |
GBF-T09. Management of wild species is sustainable and benefits people GBF-T09. Management of wild species is sustainable and benefits peopleEnsure that the management and use of wild species are sustainable, thereby providing social, economic and environmental benefits for people, especially those in vulnerable situations and those most dependent on biodiversity, including through sustainable biodiversity-based activities, products and services that enhance biodiversity, and protecting and encouraging customary sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities. | High |
GBF-T14. The multiple values of biodiversity are integrated into decision-making at all levels GBF-T14. The multiple values of biodiversity are integrated into decision-making at all levelsEnsure the full integration of biodiversity and its multiple values into policies, regulations, planning and development processes, poverty eradication strategies, strategic environmental assessments, environmental impact assessments and, as appropriate, national accounting, within and across all levels of government and across all sectors, in particular those with significant impacts on biodiversity, progressively aligning all relevant public and private activities, fiscal and financial flows with the goals and targets of this framework. | High |
GBF-T21. Data, information and knowledge for decision-making is available GBF-T21. Data, information and knowledge for decision-making is availableEnsure that the best available data, information and knowledge, are accessible to decision makers, practitioners and the public to guide effective and equitable governance, integrated and participatory management of biodiversity, and to strengthen communication, awareness-raising, education, monitoring, research and knowledge management and, also in this context, traditional knowledge, innovations, practices and technologies of indigenous peoples and local communities should only be accessed with their free, prior and informed consent[1], in accordance with national legislation.
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[1] Free, prior and informed consent refers to the tripartite terminology of “prior and informed consent” or “free, prior and informed consent” or “approval and involvement”. | High |
GBF-T22. Ensure participation, justice, and rights for indigenous peoples and local communities, women, youth persons with disabilities and environmental defenders GBF-T22. Ensure participation, justice, and rights for indigenous peoples and local communities, women, youth persons with disabilities and environmental defendersEnsure the full, equitable, inclusive, effective and gender-responsive representation and participation in decision-making, and access to justice and information related to biodiversity by indigenous peoples and local communities, respecting their cultures and their rights over lands, territories, resources, and traditional knowledge, as well as by women and girls, children and youth, and persons with disabilities and ensure the full protection of environmental human rights defenders. | High |
GBF-T20. Capacity-building and development, technology transfer, and technical and scientific cooperation for implementation is strengthened GBF-T20. Capacity-building and development, technology transfer, and technical and scientific cooperation for implementation is strengthenedStrengthen capacity-building and development, access to and transfer of technology, and promote development of and access to innovation and technical and scientific cooperation, including through South-South, North-South and triangular cooperation, to meet the needs for effective implementation, particularly in developing countries, fostering joint technology development and joint scientific research programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and strengthening scientific research and monitoring capacities, commensurate with the ambition of the goals and targets of the framework. | High |
GBF-T13. Fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources, digital sequence information and associated traditional knowledge GBF-T13. Fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources, digital sequence information and associated traditional knowledgeTake effective legal, policy, administrative and capacity-building measures at all levels, as appropriate, to ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits that arise from the utilization of genetic resources and from digital sequence information on genetic resources, as well as traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, and facilitating appropriate access to genetic resources, and by 2030 facilitating a significant increase of the benefits shared, in accordance with applicable international access and benefit-sharing instruments. | High |
Consistency with international agreements or instruments
Contribution and rights of indigenous peoples and local communities
Access to financial resources
Biodiversity and health
Collective effort towards the targets
Cooperation and synergies
Different value systems
Ecosystem approach
Fulfilment of the three objectives of the Convention and its Protocols, and their balanced implementation
Formal and informal education
Gender
Human rights-based approach
Intergenerational equity
National circumstances, priorities and capabilities
Principles of the Rio Declaration
Right to development
Science and innovation
Whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach
Legal, policy, administrative, and Capacity-building measures under applicable international access and benefit-sharing instruments.
Legal, policy, administrative, and Capacity-building measures under applicable international access and benefit-sharing instruments.
Indicators to be used to monitor this national target
21.1 Indicator on biodiversity information for monitoring the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
9.1 Benefits from the sustainable use of wild species
9.2 Percentage of the population in traditional occupations
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
14.b Number of countries integrating biodiversity and its multiple values into policies, regulations, planning, development processes, poverty eradication strategies and, as appropriate, national accounts, within and across all levels and across all sectors, and progressively aligning all relevant public and private activities and fiscal and financial flows with the goals and targets of the Framework
22.b Number of countries taking action towards the full, equitable, inclusive, effective and gender responsive representation and participation in decision-making, and access to justice and information related to biodiversity by indigenous peoples and local communities, respecting their cultures and their rights over lands, territories, resources and traditional knowledge, as well as by women and girls, children and youth, and persons with disabilities, and the full protection of environmental human rights defenders
9.b Number or countries with policies to manage the use of wild species sustainably, providing social, economic and environmental benefits for people, and to protect and encourage customary sustainable use by indigenous peoples and local communities
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
Number of permits or their equivalents for genetic resources (including those related to traditional knowledge) by type of permit
C.CY.2 Number of checkpoint communiqués published on the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House
C.CY.3 Total number of internationally recognized certificates of compliance for non-commercial purposes in the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House
C.CY.1 Number of users that have provided information relevant to the utilization of genetic resources to designated checkpoints
Total number of permits, or their equivalent, granted for access to genetic resources
13.CY.1 Total number of transfers of crop material from the Multilateral System of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture received in a country
13.CT.1 Total number of internationally recognized certificates published on the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House
Estimated percentage of monetary and non-monetary benefits directed towards conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity
No. of policy documents developed, reviewed and adopted
ENNature of benefits and number of beneficiaries across levels of governance
ENNon-compliance (Number of cases, arrests, prosecutions and convictions, checkpoint communique)
ENNumber and type of technology transfers
ENNumber of capacity-building initiatives/activities on utilization of genetic resources (e.g ex-situ facilities, databases, critical mass of personnel etc.)
ENTotal number of transfer of genetic resource from ABS (Material Transfer Agreement (MTA), Information Transfer Agreements (ITA), Data Transfer Agreement (DTA) processes including International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) – Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA-)
ENMonitoring framework on benefit arising from access and utilization of biodiversity
ENLegal framework on digital sequence information arising from genetic resources
ENNon-State actor commitments
Non-Governmental Organizations.
Faith-Based Organizations.
Community-Based Organizations.
Indigenous People and Local Communities.
Private companies.
Learning Institutions.
Means to implementation and barriers to implementation
No (Means of implementation available)