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‘It’s a thorny issue.’ Why a fight over DNA data imperils a global conservation pact

For conservation biologists, the highest item on the global agenda this year is persuading the world’s nations to agree on new targets for saving nature. National leaders are scheduled to meet in China later this year to finalize a new strategic plan for the Convention on Biological Diversity (C ...

[Analysis] Proposal on digital sharing of genetic information could circumvent benefit-sharing rights

A text related to sharing of digital information of genetic resources, fed into the biodiversity negotiations towards the end of the recently-concluded Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) talks, has experts and observers worried.

Webinar: Introduction to the documents on digital sequence information on genetic resources (WG2020-3 agenda item 5)

3 - 11 February 2022, Online

Webinar series on digital sequence information on genetic resources (DSI)

Reference: SCBD/CPU/TSS/BCG/89216 (2020-087)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Webinar on the preparation for the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

7 November 2023, Online

Webinar on policy options for access and benefit-sharing and digital sequence information on genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/CGA/89216 (2021-006)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Understanding digital sequence information on genetic resources: a technical overview of its production, distribution and use

1 December 2020, Online

Third meeting of the Informal Advisory Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

15 March 2024, Online

Survey on Domestic Measures Addressing Benefit-Sharing from Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/RKi/88187 (2019-054)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points

Submission of views on issues for further consideration for digital sequence information on genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/KG/CGA/90785 (2023-003)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Submission of views and new information on policy approaches, options or modalities for digital sequence information on genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/TS/CGA/AC/89861 (2021-063)
To: ABS National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Sixth meeting of the Informal Advisory Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

12 June 2024, Online

Series of webinars on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources in preparation for the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/TK/CGA/KB/91889 (2024-099)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Second meeting of the Informal Advisory Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

15 February 2024, Online

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 12-16 August 2024 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/ABS/DC/TS/CGA/AC/RKi/91584 (2024-035)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

12 - 16 August 2024, Montreal, Canada

Registration for the Twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 12 to 16 November 2023, and the First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 14 to 18 November 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/GT/91084 (2023-072)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Process and recent outcomes related to digital sequence information on genetic resources under the Convention on Biological Diversity

9 December 2020, Online

Preparatory meeting of the Informal Advisory Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

16 January 2024, Online

Policy Options for Access and Benefit-sharing and Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

11 February 2021, Online

Peer Review of Studies on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/WY/RKi/88442 (2019-094)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, international organizations, relevant stakeholders

Peer Review of Fact-finding and Scoping Study on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/KG/NH/86967 (2017-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, international organizations, relevant stakeholders

Opening statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, David Cooper, at the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 14 November 2023

Opening statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, David Cooper, at the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 14 November 2023

Nominations to the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources and Reminder Regarding the Submission of Views and Information

Reference: SCBD//SPS/DC/VN/KG/jh/86630 (2017-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, International Organizations and relevant stakeholders

Nominations to the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/RKi/87803 (2019-053)
To: CBD National Focal Points and ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations and stakeholders

Multilateral benefit-sharing from digital sequence information will support both science and biodiversity conservation

Open access to sequence data is a cornerstone of biology and biodiversity research, but has created tension under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Policy decisions could compromise research and development, unless a practical multilateral solution is implemented.

Multilateral benefit-sharing from digital sequence information will support both science and biodiversity conservation

Open access to sequence data is a cornerstone of biology and biodiversity research, but has created tension under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Policy decisions could compromise research and development, unless a practical multilateral solution is implemented.

Invitation to a webinar on the monitoring framework for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, 10 November 2022

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/KM/90621 (2022-068)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Information webinar on the Informal Advisory Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

11 December 2023, Online

Information webinar on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 3 and 4 November 2022

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/TS/CGA/90648 (2022-069)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Informal discussions on digital sequence information on genetic resources

19 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Informal Discussions on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources, 19 May 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/ABS/DC/TS/CGA/AC/RKi/91510 (2024-025)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Informal Co-Chairs’ Advisory Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources – Fourth meeting

12 October 2022, Online

Informal Co-Chairs’ Advisory Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources – Fifth meeting

14 October 2022, Online

Governments meet in Geneva to develop a multilateral mechanism to share benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources, Geneva, Switzerland

Governments meet in Geneva to develop a multilateral mechanism to share benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources, Geneva, Switzerland

Governments advance discussions on a multilateral mechanism to share benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources

Governments advance discussions on a multilateral mechanism to share benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources

Fourth meeting of the Informal Advisory Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

16 April 2024, Online

First meeting of the Informal Advisory Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

23 January 2024, Online

First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

14 - 18 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland

Fifth meeting of the Informal Advisory Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

7 May 2024, Online

Extension of deadline: Submission of views on issues for further consideration for digital sequence information on genetic resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/KT/CGA/AC/90785 (2023-023)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Environmental DNA sequencing will enable scientists to explore Amazon piscine diversity without catching fish

A scientific expedition in the Javari River basin on the border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru has shown use of environmental DNA sequencing to be feasible to investigate fish diversity in the Amazon. The eDNA method consists of extracting molecules of DNA present in water samples and identif ...

Discussion Forum and Webinar on Criteria to Consider for Policy Options on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/TSS/CGA/89216 (2021-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources: Submission of views and information and call for expression of interest to undertake studies

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/VN/KG/RKi/87804 (2019-012)
To:

Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/VN/KG/jh/86500 (2017-037)
To: ABS National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points, Relevant International Organizations and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Composition of the Informal Co-Chairs’ Advisory Group on Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/TK/CGA/ES/89915 (2021-074)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, international organizations, relevant stakeholders

Composition of the Informal Advisory Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources

Reference: SCBD/NPU/DC/TS/CGA/AC/91433 (2024-004)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations