Have Your Say
The government welcomes feedback on the issues raised in this document. In forming your views on these important issues, we are particularly interested in the following questions.
1. On New Zealand's biological resources:
Do you think we need to have good information about bioprospecting activities in New Zealand, including the type and nature of such activities? Please give reasons for your answer.
As a traditional knowledge holder, bioprospector and/or access provider, what are your experiences of bioprospecting in New Zealand? Can you provide any information that would be useful to develop a bioprospecting framework in New Zealand, for example, provide information about bioprospecting costs, benefits, outcomes and current benefit sharing agreements? Please describe, if so.
2. On New Zealand's current frameworks to access biological resources:
Do you think the existing access frameworks would benefit from operating within a more co-ordinated and comprehensive bioprospecting framework? If so, why? If not, why not?
3. On a comprehensive bioprospecting framework for New Zealand:
Do you think that New Zealand should have a comprehensive policy framework to manage bioprospecting activity in this country? Please give reasons for your answer.
What are your views on the proposed vision and policy principles to guide New Zealand's bioprospecting policy?
- Potential policy benefits and costs
- Do you see any other potential benefits or costs arising from a bioprospecting framework apart from those discussed in this document?
- Which benefits do you think would be the most beneficial for New Zealand to capture?
- Do you think that there are potential benefits that are not worth capturing because of the costs involved in doing so?
- Policy scope
- What are your thoughts on the current definition of bioprospecting?
- What are your views on how the "in scope" and "out of scope" boundaries of bioprospecting have been defined?
- Do you think that non-commercial research activities should be within the scope of a bioprospecting policy? If so, why? If not, why not?
- If yes, can you think of any specific activities that should nonetheless be excluded from the scope of a bioprospecting policy?
- If yes, what levels of compliance should be expected from non-commercial researchers?
- Which kinds of biological resources should be accessed for bioprospecting?
- In your view, which of the three tiers of access (central government, local government and private) should be included in a bioprospecting framework?
- Do you think that ex situ collections should be included in a bioprospecting policy?
- Do you think that non-indigenous biological material should be included in a bioprospecting policy?
- Administrative frameworks
- Do you think that New Zealand should have a National Focal Point? If yes, what form could it take?
- Do you think that New Zealand should have a Competent National Authority? If yes, what roles and responsibilities could it have?
4. On mätauranga Mäori:
How do you think use of mätauranga Mäori for bioprospecting can be most appropriately managed and protected?
What do you think of the suggestions made in this document as options to protect mätauranga Mäori (a voluntary register, ensuring legally and fully mandated governance entities, a code of best practice for bioprospectors, or an advisory council to a Competent National Authority)?
5. On international bioprospecting frameworks:
What aspects of the Bonn Guidelines of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) do you believe should be considered in developing a domestic bioprospecting framework?
Are there aspects of international bioprospecting frameworks as outlined in section 5 (or any others you know about) that could be useful to consider during the development of a bioprospecting framework in New Zealand?
6. On any other issues:
Do you have any further suggestions or comments on the issues raised in this document?
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