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The CBD for Botanists

The CBD for Botanists

The CBD for Botanists is a presentation pack specifically designed to introduce people working with botanical collections – botanists, curators, horticulturists and technicians in botanic gardens, herbaria, museums and seed banks, in developed and developing countries – to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The pack aims to raise awareness and provide basic information on all of the most relevant parts of the CBD for botanical institutions. It places particular focus on the CBD’s provisions on ‘access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing’, and their practical implications. The pack includes PowerPoint slides and suggested speaker’s notes, and is backed up by a resources section offering more detailed information, useful links and suggestions for further reading.  It also includes the text of the CBD itself and the Bonn Guidelines.  It is designed to be a flexible training tool, readily adaptable by speakers for particular audiences and emphases, but the pack can also be read for practical guidance on implementation. At Kew, the pack is used as the basis for the CBD Capacity Building training module lectures. The pack was launched at Eurogard III conference in July 2003 and at AETFAT in Sept 2003.  It is the final outcome of a larger Darwin Initiative project awarded to the CBD Unit, sponsoring CBD Fellows and the production of accessible guides to the CBD and repatriation of information.  Hard copies were produced in English, Spanish and French with a CD-ROM including all three languages (the CD-ROM is also available separately) and the pack is available to download free from the Kew website.

We have now published an update to the CBD for Botanists which is included in the CD-ROM "Biodiversity Conventions for Botanists"

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