SANBI/BALL Horticultural
Agreement
Dr Maureen Wolfson
[email protected]
Changes at national level
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One of the first north south horticultural
benefit-sharing agreements
No legal framework in place to guide
negotiations
National Environmental Management
Biodiversity Act passed in 2004 but
regulations to implement Act not yet in
place.
Contribution to poverty relief
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SANBI indicated that profit from the
Agreement would be placed into a
fund administered by the SANBI
Board – used for capacity
development in botany and
horticulture, plant conservation
and community-based
environmental upliftment
Lessons learnt
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Agreement does not strongly commit
Ball to invest directly in tech. transfer
and product develop in SA.
Inadequate public participation.
Programme scope too wide
Curtailment of royalties
Need for partnerships with local SA
entities.