| Title: |
How to 'do' the Nagoya Protocol: common misconceptions, challenges and best practices for access and benefit-sharing compliance |
| Authors: |
Faggionato, Davide; Muñoz García, Melania; Kostic, Tanja; Ferrari, Mariana Lucía; Vonaesch, Pascale; Poyet, Mathilde; Portier, Perrine; Ryan, Matthew; Djeddour, Djamila; Stumptner, Cornelia; Varese, Giovanna Cristina; Zuzuarregui, Aurora; Groussin, Mathieu; Schloter, Michael; Finn, Robert D.; Haas, Aylin Sibel; Probert, Ian; Verkley, Gerard; Overmann, Jörg; Scholz, Amber |
| Publisher Information: |
Zenodo |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
Zenodo |
| Subject Terms: |
Microbiology; Microbiome; ABS; Access and Benefit-Sharing; ABS Clearing-House; ABS-CH; aTK; associated Traditional Knowledge; BBNJ Agreement; Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction; CBD; Convention on Biological Diversity; CITES; Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CNA; Competent National Authorities; DSI; Digital Sequence Information; EU; European Union; EEZ; Exclusive Economic Zones; GR; Genetic Resource(s); ICNP; International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes; IPLC; Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities; ITPGRFA; International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
| Description: |
Microorganisms are key actors for human health, biodiversity, ecosystem services, climate change mitigation, and biotechnology. Researchers seeking to untangle the role of microorganisms in these planetary processes, must navigate a wide-ranging legal landscape which includes Access and Benefit-Sharing instruments such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol. These United Nations instruments recognize the sovereign rights of countries over genetic resources and require sharing of benefits that arise from biodiversity utilization. We discuss the most common misconceptions and practical challenges that researchers encounter when complying with these agreements and present three case studies to showcase real-life experiences. A step-by-step guide on how to “do” the Nagoya Protocol is presented to support researchers navigating Access and Benefit-Sharing compliance in microbial research, providing best practices while fostering biodiversity conservation, equitable collaboration, and sustainable innovation. |
| Document Type: |
report |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://zenodo.org/communities/mirri-eric/; https://zenodo.org/communities/microbe/; https://zenodo.org/communities/microbes4climate/; https://zenodo.org/records/16206055; oai:zenodo.org:16206055; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16206055 |
| DOI: |
10.5281/zenodo.16206055 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16206055; https://zenodo.org/records/16206055 |
| Rights: |
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International ; cc-by-nc-sa-4.0 ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.53B24473 |
| Database: |
BASE |