Intellectual Property and the Governance of Plant Genetic Resources in Mexico: Trends and Implications for Research and Innovation

Jefferson, David J.; Fraire, Ileana Serrano; Beltrán-Morales, Luís Felipe

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90584-6_6

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“…In the Deepsane case, the materials came from ABNJ to Mexico. Mexico has ABS measures but not a comprehensive legally binding ABS framework (Jefferson et al, 2018) 22 , which would not have applied to the Deepsane collection in 1987. For future ABNJ collections, whether ABS laws and 'track and trace' requirements apply to transit jurisdictions, it may come down to whether the samples are deemed to have 'landed' in the port country (or simply remained on the vessel before returning home) and whether they were in scope and accessed, used or transferred within the meaning of the relevant ABS law of the port country.…”

Section: 'Track and Trace' Optionsmentioning

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Traceability Approaches for Marine Genetic Resources Under the Proposed Ocean (BBNJ) Treaty

Humphries¹,

Rabone²,

Jaspars³

2021

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Negotiations are underway for a new treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Points of contention in the negotiation concern marine genetic resources and questions of monetary and/or non-monetary benefit sharing arising from their use. Tracing the origin of marine genetic resources used in scientific research, development and commercialization may offer the evidence needed to prove they came from areas beyond national jurisdiction and that benefit sharing is owed. Traceability is complex and multidisciplinary: involving legal, scientific and informatics considerations. We look at different traceability approaches within national jurisdictions and how these might provide lessons for the proposed treaty, using one of the few case studies available to trace the commercial development of a marine genetic resource from areas beyond national jurisdiction. We discuss this case study in relation to existing legal frameworks including the Nagoya Protocol and other systems based on open sharing of information and materials, including existing scientific practice. We conclude that a well-designed traceability system tailored to the unique geographical, political and jurisdictional characteristics of areas beyond national jurisdiction could lead to more equitable outcomes for the sharing of benefits from the use of marine genetic resources. Our key recommendations are that any traceability mechanism needs to be light touch, integrated with existing systems such as bioinformatics databases and not impose additional burdens on scientific users. Systems should be designed to improve scientific knowledge of ocean biodiversity to allow better conservation measures to be developed. If treaty negotiators engage commercial sectors to find workable policy solutions for the draft treaty that promote greater transparency and data sharing from these sectors, there may be a greater chance for traceability mechanisms to support benefit sharing.

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Section: 'Track and Trace' Optionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Traceability Approaches for Marine Genetic Resources Under the Proposed Ocean (BBNJ) Treaty

Humphries¹,

Rabone²,

Jaspars³

2021

Front. Mar. Sci.

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“…8 Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas | UANL De igual importancia es, unir esfuerzos entre los distintos sectores públicos y privados para generar y apoyar proyectos enfocados en mantener la sustentabilidad de los pueblos que aprovechan el mezquite y el agave como forma de subsistencia; es decir, proyectos que generen valores adicionales a estas especies vegetales y que despierten el interés de inversionistas nacionales y extranjeros; siempre y cuando se retribuya económica y tecnológicamente a los pueblos de origen como estipula el Protocolo de Nagoya del cual México forma parte (Jefferson et al, 2018).…”

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Mezquite y Agave:

Martínez-Herrera,

Vega-Sauceda,

Rodríguez-Rivera

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El mezquite y el agave son especies vegetales ampliamente distribuidas en México los cuales han sido empleados por diversos pueblos de nuestro país y poseen el potencial para ser utilizadas en diferentes aspectos biotecnológicos. La importancia de estas especies vegetales recae en su rol ecológico, tradicional y económico. Asimismo, en la investigación enfocada en la producción de nuevos alimentos, el aislamiento de compuestos con acción farmacológica, la síntesis de nuevos materiales (biopolímeros) y la producción de biocombustibles. Dada la relevancia de estas plantas en México, la presente revisión se basa en presentar un acervo de las características, propiedades y empleos, así como el prometedor uso en biotecnología que presentan estas especies vegetales.

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The Nagoya Protocol, Intellectual Property, and Biodiversity Conservation in Mexico

Beltrán-Morales

Gutiérrez-Rivero

Avilés-Polanco

2020

Socio-Ecological Studies in Natural Protected Areas

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Intellectual Property and the Governance of Plant Genetic Resources in Mexico: Trends and Implications for Research and Innovation

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

Traceability Approaches for Marine Genetic Resources Under the Proposed Ocean (BBNJ) Treaty

Traceability Approaches for Marine Genetic Resources Under the Proposed Ocean (BBNJ) Treaty

Mezquite y Agave:

The Nagoya Protocol, Intellectual Property, and Biodiversity Conservation in Mexico

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