Sweeping New Global Biodiversity Deal Sets Out Plan for Sharing Gene Sequences

Along with a pledge to conserve 30% of the world’s biodiversity, the sweeping new deal reached in Montreal on Monday also etches a way forward to create an open-access platform for sharing gene sequences (digital sequence information) as part of new benefit-sharing arrangements. But some observers worry these policy advances still aren’t keeping up with … Continue reading Sweeping New Global Biodiversity Deal Sets Out Plan for Sharing Gene Sequences