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Environmental Law Journal becomes part of Scielo Chile

The publication edited by the Environmental Law Center will be part of an open access collection of Chilean scientific journals in all areas of knowledge.

The Environmental Law Journal, edited by the Environmental Law Center of the Law School of the University of Chile, was admitted to be part of the SciELO - Chile Scientific Electronic Library.

SciELO - Chile is an open access collection of texts from Chilean scientific journals, from all areas of knowledge, which predominantly publish articles resulting from scientific research, and which uses peer review of the manuscripts they receive, which show a growing performance in the indicators of compliance with the indexing criteria.

"We are very pleased with this recognition, which is the result of an effort of continuous improvement of the editorial processes developed by the editorial team, which has resulted in the growing increase in the quality of the articles published over the years," said the director of the Journal, Prof. Valentina Durán Medina, adding "we are grateful for the support of the Faculty, which through its Dean, Prof. Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, and the Journals Program of the Research Department, headed by Prof. Daniel Álvarez, has provided permanent support to the work of the journal."

"Once the collaboration agreement between the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile and the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) is signed, the full incorporation of the journal to this collection will take place, starting in 2022" explained the editor Jorge Ossandón Rosales.

This good news is in addition to the admission, in 2020, of the Environmental Law Journal to the SCOPUS database.

As a result, in 2022 the Environmental Law Journal will already be indexed in Scopus, Redib, DOAJ and Latindex, in addition to ScIELO, with the support of SISIB and the Journals Program of the Research Department of the Law School of the Universidad of Chile.

It should be noted that Issue 16 of this biannual journal will be published on December 31.

 

Regulation guidelines on access to genetic resources and distribution of benefits in Chile

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Abstract

Chile is Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity, whose third objective is the fair and equitable distribution of benefits derived from the use of genetic resources. However, to date we lack as a country a regulatory framework for access to genetic resources and benefit sharing, which means uncertainty for those who wish to do research and development from genetic resources of Chilean origin and a loss of opportunity for benefits that could derive from such use. Assuming that the Nagoya Protocol establishes a widely accepted standard on the subject, this paper examines its main obligations, and then revises what it would mean for Chile to satisfy that standard, in light of the regulations in force. From this, it concludes with some guidelines for an ABS regulation in Chile. Assuming that the Nagoya Protocol establishes a widely accepted standard on the subject, this paper examines its main obligations, and then revises what it would mean for Chile to satisfy that standard, in light of the regulations in force. From this, it concludes with some guidelines for an ABS regulation in Chile.

Keywords:

Access to genetic resources and benefit sharing, ABS, Nagoya Protocol

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