The paper discusses animal genetic resources in the context of the Nagoya Protocol, providing an overview of the distinctive features and practices in this sector of genetic resources. It presents how animal genetic resources are utilized, who are the users and providers, and what are the trends in gene flow of these resources. The paper reflects on current access measures and arrangements for local breeds and for international commercial breeds. Key benefits arising from the international exchange of animal genetic resources for research and livestock production and current developments in the sector supporting the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol are presented. References to the scope and application of EU ABS legislation are also made. The paper underlines the importance of continuous undisturbed access to animal genetic resources for research and breeding to facilitate further development within the global livestock sector.
COBISS.SI-ID: 4056968
In the European Union, management of animal genetic resources is regulated in various legislative sources relating to conservation, selection and breeding, animal health, transport, organic farming, food and safe food, and accessibility and sharing of benefits. Among the supporting policy instruments (at least from the point of view of breeders), the central place role is attributed to the payments for the breeding of local breeds, as a part of the agri-environmental measures. In connection with the latter international comparative overview of the modalities of this policy instrument reveals significant differences between countries in terms of the amount of funds allocated and the way in which the funds are allocated. Slovenia is one of the MS that utilise this policy instrument; compared with other MS, the amounts of support are at the lower end, but enable a wide inclusion of eligible species, or breeds.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3624840
The current support for the conservation of local breeds in Slovenia is based on the fixed payment scheme. The scheme has not been succesful in reversing the negative trends. The study takes a closer look at an alternative, where the payments would be determined by competitive tendering. A conservation tender experiment was carried out on 300 farms in Slovenia. Interval regression analysis has been applied in order to identify the determinants that affect the breeders' willingness to participate in support schemes, and to estimate the breeders' willingness to accept for payments rewarding the preservation of indigenous breeds of domestic animals.
COBISS.SI-ID: 4031880
Agriculture is a provider of many environmental and social benefits, yet the understanding of mechanisms and circumstances that promote or hamper this aspect of farming is relatively poor. This is especially true of the elements of the cascading benefit valorization chain (awareness-appreciation-value), but also of other factors, such as the insitutional and legal setting, economic situation, cultural influences and environmental and agricultural policy. The case study of the socio-ecological system (SES) in Solčavsko intends to examine these elements. The main elements in the description of an SES are actors, the governance system, the natural environment (resource system), main benefits (resource units), broader social and economic setting and interactions between these elements. The description of the system was checked with stakeholders using qualitative methods: in-depth interviews, workshops and focus groups. Using participatory research, we sought to identify the interactions between the elements of the system that influence the provision of environmental and social benefits and possibilities to improve this provision, as well as transferable lessons. We present first results. We identified the inclusion of local authorities and cooperation of private actors as the main factors for improving the provision of public goods and ecosystem services in agriculture in this area.
COBISS.SI-ID: 3841672