PRACTICE ABSTRACTS

The BOOSTER project faces the challenge of navigating diverse and evolving biodiversity laws while ensuring ethical compliance in the use and exchange of plant and soil samples from Ethiopia, South Africa, the US, and Switzerland. From the project’s perspective, a key difficulty lies in aligning scientific ambitions with international legal obligations and ethical principles, particularly around access to genetic resources and fair benefit-sharing with countries of origin.

Project partners will engage with policymakers to support the simplification of administrative procedures and enhancement of practical guidance, facilitating broader adoption among agricultural stakeholders. They will advocate for clear, accessible guidelines and capacity-building initiatives to support compliance with Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) rules.