Take 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.

• Guidance note

Indicators

Headline indicators:

• C.1 Indicator on monetary benefits received
• C.2 Indicator on non-monetary benefits

Component indicator:

• Number of permits or their equivalents for genetic resources (including those related to traditional knowledge) by type of permit

Complementary indicators:

• Total number of transfers of crop material from the Multilateral System of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) received in a country
• Total number of permits, or their equivalent, granted for access to genetic resources
• Total number of internationally recognized certificates of compliance published in the ABS Clearing-House
• Number of countries that require prior informed consent that have published legislative, administrative or policy measures on access and benefit-sharing in the ABS Clearing-House
• Number of countries that require prior informed consent that have published information on access and benefit-sharing procedures in the ABS Clearing-House
• Number of countries that have adopted legislative, administrative and policy frameworks to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits
• Estimated percentage of monetary and non-monetary benefits directed towards conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity