Event organized by DSI Scientific Network, Leibniz Institute DSMZ, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation, EU Blue Remediomics project, CGIAR Genebank Initiative and Vale Institute of Technology
DATE: August 14, 2024
LOCATION: Africa – Room 3, 1st Floor
Ensuring fair and equitable sharing of the benefits that accrue from the use of DSI is important and is the subject of ongoing negotiations at the Convention on Biological Diversity, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the High Seas Treaty. For these systems to maximise the benefits sharing potential without creating unnecessary or counterproductive barriers to research, coherence between different ABS system is necessary.
This side event will look at the different proposals currently being negotiated and discuss possible benefits and risks of different approaches, emphasizing the need for a harmonized system for benefit sharing from the use of DSI.
