From L. to R.: Paul Oldham, Minister Matevosyan and Astrid Schomaker

If you attended the Business and Finance day at #IPBES12, you will have picked up a copy of the #CaliFund Guide: cbd.int/califund

At the Cali Fund stand, Minister Matevosyan (Armenia) and I congratulated Paul Oldham of TierraViva AI, the first contributor, on showing the way.

This week in Bonn, together with Nneka Nicholas of Antigua and Barbuda, I have the honour of co-chairing the first in-person meeting of the #CaliFund Steering Committee.

The Committee is making good progress in completing the rule book for the Cali Fund: www.cbd.int/meetings/MMD...

We joined forces with @UNEP @UNDP to produce the 1st guide to the #CaliFund for potential contributing companies and the public at large.

#CaliFund will mobilize new streams of funding for biodiversity action, including the implementation of #KMGBF.

🔗 cbd.int/article/Public

We joined forces with @unep.org @undp.org
to produce the 1st guide to the #CaliFund for potential contributing companies and the public at large.

#CaliFund will mobilize new streams of funding for biodiversity action worldwide, including the implementation of #KMGBF.

🔗 www.cbd.int/article/Publ...

Thank you Ms. Ruth Firmenich, @cesarluena.bsky.social, @gerbrandy.bsky.social for supporting the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework and promoting the #CaliFund.

@europarl.europa.eu play a vital role in turning commitments into progress in halting and reversing biodiversity loss.

Multilateral benefit sharing mechanism for digital sequence information Since December 2022, and COP decision 15/9, members of the Convention on Biological Diversity (the CBD) have been negotiating a multilateral mechanism for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits ar...

The uncertainty over how the #COP16 Decision will be implemented and the focus on the #biopharmaceutical industry to provide the bulk of the contributions to the #CaliFund raise concerns over future #investment in R&D in the sector.

pharmaphorum.com/rd/multilate...

An urgent thought about the Cali Fund and digital sequence information #DSI #CaliFund

Today I heard in a public forum for the first time claims that private entities are hesitant to contribute to the Cali Fund because of concerns that the money may fuel 'corruption'.

Mike Ryan and Astrid Schomaker

Collaborations between @unbiodiversity.bsky.social
and @who.int include access and benefit-sharing, and biosafety.

The recent operationalization of the Multilateral Mechanism on #DSI and #CaliFund at #COP16Colombia opens new avenues that I discussed with Dr. Mike Ryan, Deputy Director General.

💡 What is #DSI? And how did the outcomes of #COP16Colombia move us closer to fair and equitable benefit-sharing of digital sequence information?

👇 Check out this brief and clear explanation by @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

#genomics #sequencing #CaliFund

At #COP16Colombia Parties to @unbiodiversity.bsky.social adopted a landmark decision operationalizing the multilateral mechanism for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of #DSI, including the #CaliFund.

@unbiodiversity.bsky.social explains:

¿Quién se beneficia de la información genética de nuestra biodiversidad? Entrespecies Pódcast · Episode

Dig the latest episode of the podcast “Entrespecies” from Gabriela Supelan and El Espectador newspaper about Digital Sequence Information 💾🧬ℹ️, Benefit Sharing, #COP16 and the #CaliFund, featuring Yours Truly, but in Spanish. _Espero que lo disfruten_.

open.spotify.com/episode/5GgZ...

Outcomes of the COP16.2 in Rome - Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities - CETAF Governments agreed on resource mobilization mechanism and monitoring and reporting tools.

#COP16.2 in #Rome outcomes are certainly a step ahead towards respecting the #Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework #KMGBF. But will this be enough? Read what's happened, explore the documents and give us your opinion!

cetaf.org/elementor-11...

#biodiversity #COP16Cali #Califund

In this blog post, I explore the implications of UN Convention on Biological Diversity Decision 16/2 establishing the #CaliFund for database managers and companies. I examine the need for legal harmonization, including through potential linkages with the #PandemicAgreement.

🌎 The @unbiodiversity.bsky.social's #CBD Decision 16/2 sets new rules for sharing benefits from the use of #DSI, requiring company contributions to the #CaliFund. Legal uncertainties on the #PandemicAgreement highlight the need for legal harmonization.

📰 Read @adamstrobe.bsky.social's blogpost ⤵️

New Fund to Support Global Biodiversity Framework, Indigenous Peoples In the margins of the resumed session of the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the COP Presidency and UN partners have launched the C...

New Fund to Support Global Biodiversity Framework

sdg.iisd.org/news/new-fun... #CBD #biodiversity #conservation #convention #CaliFund #COP16

Photo of a panel of speakers at the Cali Fund launch at COP16 part 2 in Rome.

🌟 The #CaliFund, a huge milestone in Cali, was formally launched today. It guarantees equitable access to the benefits of the use of digital sequences information (#DSI) on genetic resources.

Photo of a panel of speakers at the Cali Fund launch at COP16 part 2 in Rome.

🌟 The #CaliFund, a huge milestone in Cali, was formally launched today. It guarantees equitable access to the benefits of the use of digital sequences information (#DSI) on genetic resources.

An exciting step forward! The #CaliFund is a major milestone in #ConservationFunding, showing how digital genomic data can help preserve biodiversity. A great leap for global environmental protection! 🌍💡 #CBD @fao.org @bmel.de @bmzclimate.bsky.social @bmz-digital.global

The Cali Fund launches in the margins of the resumed session of COP16 In a major development under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resource...

The #CaliFund is up and running!

For the first time since the inception of the Convention on Biological Diversity, a fund under COP will receive contributions from businesses: levies on income generated thanks to the use of digital information sequenced from nature.

🔗 www.cbd.int/article/cali...

In Rom ist heute bei der in Kolumbien im letzten Herbst vertagten #Weltnaturkonferenz der sogenannte #CaliFund offiziell beschlossen worden. Zur #Naturschutzfinanzierung werden hierin Gelder eingezahlt für die Nutzung digitaler Geninformationen biologischer Ressourcen. Ein großartiger Fortschritt!

EU to work towards deal on COP16 biodiversity decisions Europe is pushing for a deal at the resumed negotiations in Rome on issues, including resource mobilisation and the monitoring framework.

The #CaliFund, launched today at #COP16Resumed in Rome, is a vital first step in mobilizing private sector finance for biodiversity.

Now, governments must build business confidence and ensure the fund supports Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

🔗: bit.ly/4h16skK

#CaliFund There are many loopholes to plug.

Contributions to the fund are voluntary and depend on whether companies will both admit to using genetic material and paying up.

And much rests on whether countries develop strong national laws and incentivise companies in their regions to contribute.

‘A big, big win’: plan to pay for wildlife conservation emerges at biodiversity summit Amid fights over conservation funding, an agreement is reached for businesses to pay for profiting from digital genetic information taken from nature.

💰🌱The #CaliFund established at COP16 is a "step in the right direction", says Prof. Nathalie Seddon in @Nature news this week.

The Cali fund aims to ensure equitable sharing of benefits derived from nature's genetic data
Read the article nature.com/articles/d41...

#COP16Colombia