In December 2016, both the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the second meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol addressed the issue of digital sequence information on genetic resources (DSI) and decided to consider, at their next respective meetings, any potential implications of the use of this information for the objectives of the CBD and the Nagoya Protocol. A process was established to facilitate the deliberations on this matter, find out more here: What has been done on DSI.

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Webinar 4 and Discussion Forum: Criteria to Consider Policy Options on DSI

The fourth webinar of the series on digital sequence information on genetic resources, and an online discussion forum. The informal online discussion forum enabled Parties and stakeholders to share information and views on policy options and evaluation criteria. The forum was kicked off by the 4th webinar in the DSI series and focused on criteria for the evaluation of policy options with regards to digital sequence information on genetic resources.

This event was organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity under the leadership of the Co-chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

Click here to view recent webinars from the series on DSI

For more information please see the following webinar summary:
POLICY OPTIONS FOR ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING AND DIGITAL SEQUENCE INFORMATION (Webinar Summary)