title: Access to and use of marine genetic resources: understanding the legal framework.
abstract: With the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol in 2010, an additional legal instrument under the Convention on Biological Diversity (1992), the legal landscape surrounding the access to and utilization of genetic resources will change. This is likely to impact working procedures for scientists, turning pre-existing ethics into legal obligations. The aim of this article is to inform scientists on the global access and benefit-sharing framework which has been set by the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol, focusing specifically on their application to marine genetic resources for which the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) also has relevance.
authors.affiliation: eCOAST Marine Research, Esplanadestraat 1, 8400 Ostend, Belgium. info@ecoast.be.
authors.forename: Laura E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Lallier
authors.forename: Oonagh
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: McMeel
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Greiber
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vanagt
authors.forename: Alan D W
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Dobson
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jaspars
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D001688:Biological Products; D008386:Marine Biology; D009792:Oceans and Seas
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products