China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) BBNJ delegation is currently participating the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an International Legally Binding Instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.
The CBCGDF delegation noted that Professor Marcel Jaspars from the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom pointed out that although digital sequence information (DSI) on genetic resources constitutes a key part of the discussions on genetic resources in the current process of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and a new treaty for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction, however, there is no clear definition or common understanding of the term DSI.
In a document titled "Digital Sequence Information - Clarifying Concepts", Professor Marcel Jaspars, Head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Aberdeen, UK, shared the role of DSI in BBNJ. He listed four main questions:
1. What exactly is digital sequence information?
2. Why should materials and information be treated differently?
3. What is the difference between data and information?
4. A key challenge: Is DSI limited to DNA and RNA sequences?
The core idea of Professor Marcel Jaspars' paper is that four possible interpretations of DSI can be identified using the conceptual flow of data/information, and the conceptual flow of data/information using genetic resources.
Original Chinese Article:https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/6CNHNCh1_a6vNZZF19gTCg
Translator:Maggie
Editor: Lucy
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