Caribbean

Status Quo ABS and Biotrade

The ABS status in the 16 Caribbean ACP states is relatively low. Only five countries are members of the Nagoya Protocol, in four countries ABS policies or legislation have been adopted. The activities of the OECS Commission and the ABS Initiative aim at accelerating the development of functional ABS frameworks in at least the OECS member states.

ACP Member States

Party NP

ABS Legislation

ABS Institutions

IRCCs

Guyana

(CARICOM)

Yes

National Policy on ABS, 2007

Draft ABS regulations

National Focal Point (NFP)

Compentent National Authority (CNA)

5

Dominican Republic

Yes

Regulations on ABS, 2018

and others

NFP

CNA

Checkpoint

2

St. Kitts and Nevis
(CARICOM & OECS)

Yes

Draft ABS legislation

NFP

CNA

2

Antigua and Barbuda
(CARICOM & OECS)

Yes

Provisions in Environmental Protection and Management Act, 2019

NFP

CNA

-/-

Cuba

Yes

Provisions in Regulations on Biological Diversity, 1996

NFP

-/-

Bahamas
(CARICOM)

-/-

Draft ABS legislation

-/-

-/-

Dominica
(OECS)

-/-

Draft ABS law

NFP

-/-

Barbados
(CARICOM)

-/-

-/-

NFP

-/-

Grenada
(CARICOM & OECS)

-/-

-/-

NFP

CNA

-/-

Haiti
(CARICOM)

-/-

-/-

NFP

-/-

Jamaica
(CARICOM)

-/-

-/-

NFP

-/-

St. Lucia
(CARICOM & OECS)

-/-

-/-

NFP

-/-

St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(CARICOM & OECS)

-/-

-/-

NFP

-/-

Belize
(CARICOM)

-/-

-/-

-/-

-/-

Suriname
(CARICOM)

-/-

-/-

-/-

-/-

Trinidad and Tobago
(CARICOM)

-/-

-/-

-/-

-/-