16 Jul 2024 --- Natural resources and traditional knowledge are essential sources of inspiration for new product development in nutrition, supplements and herbal medicine. The international community has recognized the need to promote biodiversity and fair and equitable benefit-sharing with communities in the raw materials’ sourcing areas and developed a global legal framework — the Nagoya Protocol. South Africa is one of over 140 countries that have ratified the framework. In this special series, Nutrition Insight examines the country’s legal system governing access to indigenous biodiversity and associated traditional knowledge with South Africa-based Parceval, a distributor and manufacturer of herbal medicines and botanical extracts.
