Legislation Tracker

Which countries are taking measures that encourage companies to contribute to the Cali Fund?

The international agreement establishing the Cali Fund invites countries to "take administrative, policy or legislative measures" that incentivise contributions to the Cali Fund.

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countries with legislation encouraging Cali Fund contributions

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countries where such legislation is under discussion

Canada

  • Friends of the Cali Fund Member: no
  • CBD Party
  • Not a Nagoya Signatory
  • BBNJ Agreement Party
  1. No Legislation or administrative measure proposed yet (reached)
  2. Legislation or administrative measure proposed
  3. Legislation introduced
  4. Legislation passed into law
  5. Legislation or administrative measure in effect

Overview

No Cali Fund-specific legislation or administrative measure adopted or proposed.

Proposed legislation / administrative measure

Canada has not proposed any legislation or administrative measure specifically aimed at incentivising users within its jurisdiction to contribute to the Cali Fund. In fact, the governance of genetic resources in Canada is divided across federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions and is primarily addressed through sector-specific legislation on wildlife, fisheries and protected areas, rather than through a dedicated ABS framework. As Canada is not a Party to the Nagoya Protocol, it has no specific legal framework for implementing Nagoya-based ABS mechanisms.

Key developments

23 September 2026 - Canada ratified the BBNJ Agreement.

9 July 2026 - Canada responded to the CBD's peer review of the draft study on private-sector contributions to the Cali Fund (notification 2026-050).

18 March 2025 - Canada submitted views on possible additional modalities of the multilateral mechanism (notification 2024-114) and on tools and models for making DSI publicly available (notification 2024-115).

November 2024 - COP16 (Cali): Canada described Decision 16/2 as an important first step toward an innovative finance stream and stressed the need to attract participation.

Statements

November 2024, COP16 closing plenary - Canada said the decision is an important first step towards an innovative finance stream and stressed the need to attract participation (ENB).

ABS legislation

As Canada is not a Party to the Nagoya Protocol, it has no domestic legal framework implementing Nagoya-based ABS mechanisms.

Canada has neither a provider-country ABS regime nor a user-compliance regime. There is no designated national competent authority, permit procedure or statutory due-diligence obligation applicable to Canadian users under a federal ABS framework. Compliance with the ABS requirements of provider countries is instead dependent primarily on contractual arrangements and the domestic laws and enforcement mechanisms of those provider countries.