Nature Communications (Oct 2024)

Harmonize rules for digital sequence information benefit-sharing across UN frameworks

  • Scarlett Sett,
  • W. John Kress,
  • Michael Halewood,
  • David Nicholson,
  • Genuar Nuñez-Vega,
  • Davide Faggionato,
  • Mathieu Rouard,
  • Marcel Jaspars,
  • Manuela da Silva,
  • Christine Prat,
  • Débora S. Raposo,
  • Irma Klünker,
  • Jens Freitag,
  • Christian Keambou Tiambo,
  • Carolina dos Santos Ribeiro,
  • Linda Wong,
  • Halima Benbouza,
  • Jörg Overmann,
  • DSI Scientific Network signatory authors,
  • Amber Hartman Scholz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52994-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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As multiple UN fora develop parallel rules for sharing benefits from digital sequence information, we urge better coordination. International policymakers should focus on harmonizing new benefit-sharing rules to ensure open access to data, database interoperability, and better benefit sharing outcomes.