𝟐𝟏-𝟐𝟑 𝐉𝐀𝐍𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐒𝐚𝐁𝐂 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐓-𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 (𝐀𝐁𝐒) 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐘𝐎, 𝐉𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐍

Sabah Biodiversity Centre (SaBC) attended the Seminar on Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) organized by the 𝐀𝐁𝐒 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐍𝐈𝐆), and the 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 from the 21st to 23rd January earlier this year. The programme aimed to:

𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭-𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝐀𝐁𝐒) 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡 to Japanese researchers,

𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, and

𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥.

Representing SaBC for this programme were 𝐌𝐬. 𝐑𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢 𝐀𝐛𝐝𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐌𝐬. 𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐢 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫, and 𝐌𝐬. 𝐍𝐮𝐫 𝐙𝐚𝐚𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐦, who delivered presentations on the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞, 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡, and 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 (𝐒𝐚𝐓𝐊𝐈𝐒)”.

The programme also included study visits to Tokyo Metropolitan University, Kitasato University, the National Museum of Nature and Science, and the National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition to 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Special appreciation is extended to 𝐃𝐫. Mutsuaki Suzuki, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐁𝐒 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, for accompanying and guiding the delegation throughout the visit.