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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi all,<br>
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maybe I read this wrong, but in the light of the forthcoming
ratification of the Nagoya Protocol and Access benefit sharing
(which the US is not going to ratify), <i>"making collections
more accessible to [...] researchers, including non-Federal
scientists, to maximize public benefit"</i>, establishment of a
clearing house and cooperation with the Smithsonian (that
established already voluntary ABS-guidelines) directs between the
lines towards "making collections available for applied research
and product development". <br>
<br>
While national governments of some industrialised countries aim to
push collections towards commercialisation, Natural History
Collections have been identified as potential loophole in the ABS
system and some NGOs accused collections for biopiracy if
cooperating too close with industry. Non-commercial benefits and
capacity building are widely ignored among policy makers, and
shortcoming for global biodiversity research may be assumed (see
Buck and Hamilton 2011). Vogel (2013) summarises some of the
issues that may be anticipated for collections rather cynical but
clear.<br>
<br>
With ratification of the Nagoya Protocol later this year (the EU
& Member States will ratify in few weeks completing the quorum
that enforces the NP), access, accession, transfer and sharing of
samples will become more difficult, and I doubt that this agrees
with the original intention of the CBD to conserve global
biodiversity and to promote biodiversity research ...<br>
<br>
Dirk<br>
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Am 26.03.2014 21:43, schrieb Bentley, Andrew Charles:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">The
White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
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policy on the management of scientific collections</a>,
accompanied by </span><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">Andy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Andy Bentley<br>
Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>
University of Kansas<br>
Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br>
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