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dc.contributor.authorHumphries, Fran
dc.contributor.authorRabone, Muriel
dc.contributor.authorJaspars, Marcel
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-22T22:31:56Z
dc.date.available2021-09-22T22:31:56Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2296-7745
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fmars.2021.661313
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/408217
dc.description.abstractNegotiations are underway for a new treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Points of contention in the negotiation concern marine genetic resources and questions of monetary and/or non-monetary benefit sharing arising from their use. Tracing the origin of marine genetic resources used in scientific research, development and commercialization may offer the evidence needed to prove they came from areas beyond national jurisdiction and that benefit sharing is owed. Traceability is complex and multidisciplinary: involving legal, scientific and informatics considerations. We look at different traceability approaches within national jurisdictions and how these might provide lessons for the proposed treaty, using one of the few case studies available to trace the commercial development of a marine genetic resource from areas beyond national jurisdiction. We discuss this case study in relation to existing legal frameworks including the Nagoya Protocol and other systems based on open sharing of information and materials, including existing scientific practice. We conclude that a well-designed traceability system tailored to the unique geographical, political and jurisdictional characteristics of areas beyond national jurisdiction could lead to more equitable outcomes for the sharing of benefits from the use of marine genetic resources. Our key recommendations are that any traceability mechanism needs to be light touch, integrated with existing systems such as bioinformatics databases and not impose additional burdens on scientific users. Systems should be designed to improve scientific knowledge of ocean biodiversity to allow better conservation measures to be developed. If treaty negotiators engage commercial sectors to find workable policy solutions for the draft treaty that promote greater transparency and data sharing from these sectors, there may be a greater chance for traceability mechanisms to support benefit sharing.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherFrontiers Media SA
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom661313
dc.relation.ispartofjournalFrontiers in Marine Science
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiological oceanography
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational and comparative law
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOceanography
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310305
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode370801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4803
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3708
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3705
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsMarine & Freshwater Biology
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Sciences & Ecology
dc.titleTraceability Approaches for Marine Genetic Resources Under the Proposed Ocean (BBNJ) Treaty
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHumphries, F; Rabone, M; Jaspars, M, Traceability Approaches for Marine Genetic Resources Under the Proposed Ocean (BBNJ) Treaty, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021, 8, pp. 661313
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2021-09-21T22:47:50Z
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