The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement is a significant milestone in global ocean governance. Ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of marine genetic resources (MGR) in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), including equitable access and benefit sharing, is one of its aims.
A key component of this is Digital Sequence Information (DSI)—data derived from marine genetic material that plays a crucial role in scientific research, innovation, and biotechnology.
IUCN’s latest policy brief explores how DSI can serve as a financial mechanism to support biodiversity conservation while ensuring equitable benefit-sharing among nations. It provides recommendations on aligning financial mechanisms to support implementation of the BBNJ Agreement, drawing on insights from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its recently established Cali Fund.
