Please find below a note on the latest development to access to genetic (including specimen) resources in Brazil. According to Dora Canhas who brought this to my attention, this is basically what the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC) is proposing is that authorizations to carry out collections go to institutions and not individual scientists. http://www.jornaldaciencia.org.br/Detalhe.jsp?id=43248 Donat Agosti