Myth-busting the provider-user relationship for digital sequence information.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) formally recognized the sovereign rights of nations over their biological diversity. Implicit within the treaty is the idea that mega-biodiverse countries will provide genetic resources and grant access to them and scientists in high-income countries will use these resources and share back benefits. However, little research has been conducted on how this framework is reflected in real-life scientific practice.

Result

Currently, parties to the CBD are debating whether digital sequence information (DSI) should be regulated under a new benefit-sharing framework. At this critical time point in the upcoming international negotiations, we test the fundamental hypothesis of provision and use of DSI by looking at

SUBMITTER: Scholz AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8716360 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature