Join our evolving Special Collection – open for further submissions on these topics. Negotiations around the potential inclusion of biodiversity data within the scope of access and benefit sharing mechanisms of international treaties on genetic resources have been contentious. Uncertainty persists around which data might be included and the impacts of this on the ability to advance science. This special collection provides a range of evidence and viewpoints contributing context to these negotiations and the underlying scientific issues involved.  

• Published: 20 January 2022

Editors:

Eric von Wettberg, Colin K. Khoury

• digital sequence information
• food security
• genomics
• phenomics