The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol establish that genetic resources shall be accessed only upon the existence of prior informed consent of the country that provides those resources and that benefits arising from their utilization shall be shared. Pursuant to both agreements several countries have adopted regulations on access and benefit-sharing. These regulations have created a challenging obstacle to classical biological control of weeds. This paper reviews the experiences of Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, the USA, Canada and CABI in implementing access and benefit-sharing regulations and the implications these measures have on the effective and efficient access, exchange and utilization of biological control agents. We conclude that policy makers should be made aware of the key role biological control plays for agriculture and the environment and they are encouraged to develop tailored access and benefit-sharing legal frameworks that facilitate biological control research and implementation.

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获取和惠益分享措施的实施对杂草的经典生物防治产生了影响

《生物多样性公约》和《名古屋议定书》规定，只有在提供这些资源的国家事先知情同意的情况下，才可获取遗传资源，并应分享其利用所产生的惠益。根据两项协定，一些国家已通过了关于获取和惠益分享的规定。这些法规对经典的杂草生物防治造成了挑战。本文回顾了阿根廷，巴西，南非，美国，加拿大和CABI在实施获取和惠益分享法规方面的经验，以及这些措施对有效和高效获取，交换和利用生物防治剂的意义。