Consultant to Conduct a Technical Study on Access and Benefit-Sharing related to the Utilization of Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Digital Sequence Information at UNEP. Grade: CO-N. Location: Montreal, Canada. Application deadline: 16 September 2026.

ORGANIZATIONAL SETTING

The United Nations Environment Programme is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global setting. At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders agreed on a comprehensive strategy for 'sustainable development'. The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature in Rio in 1992. The Convention has three main objectives: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.

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