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This manual inform the academic community about the system governing access to genetic resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge and the sharing of the benefits arising from their use as established by the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol. The brochure explains the steps that researchers must take when accessing biological resources for research purposes and it informs about the ABS legislation in Switzerland. The manual is a Good Practice Guide in the sense of article 20.1 of the Nagoya Protocol.

This manual contains a set of model clauses that enables users and providers of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge to set up a legal contract that is adapted to the individual academic research situation. If mutually negotiated and agreed upon by the involved partners this agreement can yield a “Mutually Agreed Terms” ABS contract.