Peru has been recognized as one of the seventeen megadiverse
countries in the planet for being holder of more than 70% of the
planet's biodiversity. The biodiversity of Peru is represented
by a variety of ecosystems, flora and fauna and genetic diversity,
which have contributed and contribute to the development and global
sustainability. (Ministry of Environment – Peru, 2014).
Therefore , protecting our biodiversity and accessing to it is
of vital importance in public policy in our country, so that Peru
has always claimed the position to protect its genetic resources
and traditional knowledge through various measures legislative and
practices , so that to date Peru has been the only country of the
Andean Community which has signed the Nagoya Protocol, regarding
access to genetic resources, fair and equitable sharing of benefits
arising from The use the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD
).
