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In November 2017, Sarah Laird and Bio-economy Chair holder Rachel Wynberg undertook a fact-finding scoping study for the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. With contributions from Arash Iranzadeh and Anna Sliva Kooseron, their draft document is titled: The Emergence and Growth of Digital Sequence Information in Research and Development: Implications for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity, and Fair and Equitable Benefit Sharing.
You can view the draft document on the website of the Convention on Biological Diversity or by clicking here.
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