KONSEP ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING SEBAGAI PENCEGAHAN BIOPIRACY DI INDONESIA

Abstract

Biopiracy is a problem that threatens many developing countries that have high genetic resources and traditional knowledge related to genetic resources such as Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the most vulnerable countries experiencing biopiracy. One of the genetic resources that are susceptible to biopiracy are medicinal plants. Indonesia has since used antiquity medicinal plants which is also a traditional knowledge of Indonesia but often foreigners take advantage of it and take economic value from the utilization without giving rights to the local community. On the other side of the Convention on Biological Diversity and adopted by the Nagoya Protocol which both have been ratified by Indonesia to discuss biodiversity protection and the utilization of genetic resources, one of which is the regulation of access and benefit sharing (ABS). This study consists of two main substances, first how the concept of ABS can be used as a step to prevent biopiracy in Indonesia. Second, the supporting factors that can make the concept of ABS is running optimally in Indonesia.