WA Biodiscovery Bill Workshop – Perth

Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (Invest and Trade WA)

Workshops with Aboriginal People to assist in the development of a new law for managing biodiscovery in WA.

River View Room 4, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre

WA Biodiscovery Bill workshops

The Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI) is developing the WA Biodiscovery Bill. These workshops are with Aboriginal communities to develop a new law for managing biodiscovery in WA.

Biodiscovery is research into things like native plants and animals to take parts that can be used to make new things. The Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation (JTSI) is developing a new law for managing biodiscovery in WA. The idea for the new law is called the Biodiscovery Bill. The main things that the Biodiscovery Bill will do are:<ul><li>set out a way to manage biodiscovery in WA that follows the Nagoya Protocol;</li><li>make sure that WA gets benefits when certain types of research into our native plants and animals makes money; and</li><li>make sure that Aboriginal people get benefits when certain types of research into native plants and animals makes money when traditional knowledge was shared with the researcher and used in the research.</li></ul>Your traditional knowledge is important. Your community deserves to be rewarded when the results of research into native plants or animals are commercialised using shared traditional knowledge. Register for free and come along to a workshop to tell us what you think about how the Biodiscovery Bill should be set up. If you are unable to attend in person you can request to attend online as part of this registration process. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.If you have any questions you can get in touch with the Project Team at biodiscovery@jtsi.wa.gov.au or on +61 8 6277 3050.LOCATION CHANGE: Due to strong interest, the venue for this workshop has now been changed to accommodate a larger capacity of attendees. The new location is River View Room 4, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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