Biodiversity and Community Knowledge Protection Act of Bangladesh29 September of 1998Text proposed by the National Committee on Plant Genetic ResourcesThe National Committee on Plant Genetic Resources (NCPGR) has prepared the following text. This is the fourth and the final-draft and the result of an intensive participatory process involving internal consultation among the committee members. The final meeting took place on September 10, 1998 and the final draft incorporated suggestions of the meeting for further improvement of the text. Biodiversity and Community Knowledge Protection Act of BangladeshPreambleWHEREAS, People’s Republic of Bangladesh is a Party to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity signed at Rio de Jeneiro on 5th June 1992, therefore, there is the need to implement the spirit, principles and relevant provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity;WHEREAS, the Convention on Biological Diversity came into force on 29 December, 1993 and became effec...