Publications
This Opinion piece in Patterns translates the complex language of the COP16 decision on DSI to easy-to-understand explanations for researchers (2025): Navigating COP16’s digital sequence information outcomes: What researchers need to do in practice.
This publications in Research Features (2022) aims to improve awareness and understanding of ABS: The Nagoya Protocol and Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Responsibilities for users of biological materials
Here you can find a publication in Trends in Biotechnology (2021) from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures “DSI, the Nagoya Protocol and Stakeholders’ concerns”.
Here you can find a contribution to the GfBS Newsletter (39-202, pages 48-52) (2021) (in German only): Das Nagoya-was? Warum „Nichtwissen“ über das Nagoya-Protokoll, Zugang und Vorteilsausgleich und die Verordnung (EU) Nr. 511/2014 nicht mehr ausreicht.
Communication materials
Here you can download our flyer and our posters. If you are interested in having hard copies of these materials sent to your institute or university, just contact us.
Reports from our events
Workshop Reports
Here you can find all the reports from the German Nagoya Protocol HuB workshops.
1st German Nagoya Protocol HuB Workshop – June 2020
The first GNP HuB workshop was held in June 2020. The aim of this workshop was to:
- raise awareness among the participants about the project
- gain a better understanding of the experiences of the participants with ABS and their compliance obligations in the EU
- know which information sources and tools they already use and which resources and tools may be needed
- gain insight into how to communicate strategically with the scientific community about Nagoya Protocol compliance
You can find the final report here.
2nd German Nagoya Protocol HuB Workshop – July 2022
The GNP HuB project held a workshop with project partners and Network members. The main objective was to share ideas for the future materials and activities to be developed by the project to
- Provide support for the user community
- Create innovative solutions and instruments for ABS
- Strengthen the ABS user community
Check out the final report here.
Other events
EU ABS Networking Event – 14 June 2021
On Monday, June 14, 2021 from 2-4:00 p.m. CEST, the German Nagoya Protocol HuB hosted an online EU ABS Networking Event together with the European Marine Biological Resource Centre, the Union for Ethical Biotrade, ABS-int, Dutch ABS National Focal Point (hosted by Wageningen University and Research), and the Natural History Museum London.
The event focused what has been done to support users with access and benefit-sharing (ABS) and compliance requirements, what is working well and what is left to be done. The report from this event can be found here.
Here you can download a copy of the impulse presentations (pdf) by Elizabeth Karger (Web-based resources and direct user support for academic researchers), Chris Lyal (Institutional implementation & best practices) and Valerie Normand (ABS resources for business and industry and the UEBT approach to ABS).