Summary of DSI Topics at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

 Chair Sörqvist introduced the agenda item in WG I on Monday, 21 October, and delegates heard progress reports from the first and second meetings of the Working Group on benefit-sharing from DSI use. A contact group, co-chaired by Lactitia Tshitwamulomoni (South Africa) and William Lockhart (UK), was established for further deliberations, holding 11 sessions over the two weeks.

 


The COP invites parties and others to submit relevant views and requests the Secretariat to: synthesize these views; commission a study on options for making DSI publicly available and accessible; and prepare a study on national and international standards for the identification of small, medium, and large entities as well as on contribution rates, including implications for revenue generation and economic competitiveness. The COP requests the SBI to study the information and make relevant recommendations to COP 17.

 

The modalities for operationalizing the multilateral mechanism are annexed to the decision. They address the scope of the multilateral mechanism and stressed that all users of DSI on genetic resources under the multilateral mechanism should share benefits arising from its use in a fair and equitable manner. Users of DSI on genetic resources in sectors that directly or indirectly benefit from its use in their commercial activities should contribute to the global fund 1% of their profits or 0.1% of their revenue, as an indicative rate, according to their size.

 

The modalities further include provisions for non-monetary benefit-sharing and for entities operating databases, and tools and models dependent on DSI. Parties and non-parties are invited to take administrative, policy, or legislative measures, consistent with national legislation, to incentivize contributions to the Cali Fund, which are expected to be made directly.

 

The multilateral mechanism will be implemented in a way that is mutually supportive of and adaptive to other international ABS instruments on DSI. The effectiveness of the multilateral mechanism, including the global fund, will be regularly reviewed, starting at COP 18.

 

Editor: Maggie

Checked by: Richard     

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