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Faroe Islands have not adopted the Nagoya protocoll and have no legislation or management procedures on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization and therefore does not fulfill the requirements of this indicator.

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This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Faroe Islands statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Faroese statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Faroese-specific metadata information.

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 15.6.1: Number of countries that have adopted legislative, administrative and policy frameworks to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits
Target

Target 15.6: Promote fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and promote appropriate access to such resources, as internationally agreed
Metadata update

2022-04-12
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Related indicators

Not applicable.

An indicator on numbers of permits and numbers of Material Transfer Agreements issued would provide complementary information.
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