REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN
Paix-Travail-Patrie
MINISTERE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT, DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DU DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE
CONVENTION SUR LA DIVERSITE BIOLOGIQUE
PROTOCOLE DE NAGOYA SUR APA
DIRECTION NATIONALE DU PROJET APA
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REPUBLIC OF CAMEROUN
Peace-Work-Fatherland
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, PROTECTION
OF NATURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
NAGOYA PROTOCOLE ON ABS
NATIONAL DIRECTORATE ABS PROJECT
ONU
programme pour
l'environnement
ti value chain for smallholders in the South-West and Far North Regions of Cameroon"
# TERMS OF REFERENCE
# Development of a methodological guide for taking into account the value of genetic resources and ABS in the development and implementation of management plans for protected areas
Reference in PTA 2025: activity 38
# 1. Context
Cameroon is a country with high biodiversity potential. Protected areas are an important ment ationalertsnu bidiversity cnsvation nt landscapes.
Bioprospecting in protected areas has often led to the identification of high-value commercial products, leading to the recognition of genetic resources in protected areas as reservoirs of genetic material with significant commercial benefits. These resources range from non-timber forest products to medicinal plants, including highvalue enzymes, genes, and biomolecules with potential for future biotechnological applications.
Despite this potential, little effort has been made to link sustainable protected area management activities to access and benefit-sharing issues. Investigating the potential of genetic resources in protected areas has so far been only poorly explored, the same as synergies between national ABS frameworks and protected area management plans.
Ye consideng anth aue ces an asatd t knowledge in protected areas has theupotential to help protected area managers mximizemiz
and potential negative impacts from research and commercialization not conducted in accordance with current standards and good practice.
The Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development has received funding from the Global Environment Facility to implement a project entitled "Support to Nagoya Protocol implementation, research, and development, on Biodiversity value chain for smallholders in the South-West and Far North Regions of Cameroon."
This project aims to support the operationalization of the national ABS framework, enabling access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in a way that generates tangible national and local economic benefits through their commercial use in a fair, equitable, and sustainable manner.
Under output 2.1.2., the said project aims to promote the integration of the development of value chains of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in the management of protected areas.
It is this context which justifies the present terms of reference.
# 2. General objective
The objective of this assignment is to develop a methodological guide describing the approach and guidelines for the integration of ABS issues, the value of genetic resources (GR), associated traditional knowledge (aTK) and digital sequence nmatonrceslanamngen rotect Cameroon.
# 3. Specific objectives
Specifically, this assignment is expected to:
rovide statof the arand analyze theeveo interation f nd issus in current tools for planning and managing protected ars n Cameroon):