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

Scholz, Amber Hartman; Freitag, Jens; Lyal, Christopher H C; Sara, Rodrigo; Cepeda, Martha Lucia; Cancio, Ibon; Sett, Scarlett; Hufton, Andrew Lee et al. · Nat Commun · 2022

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Abstract

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.

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