Abstract:
As the traditional use of non-human genetic resources in research and development is increasingly ceded to computerised research activities, current frameworks for access and benefit-sharing face an impending identity crisis. The absence of international consensus on the regulation of digital sequence information presents a critical point of social division between the Global North and Global South, whereby a culture of \"open data\" promises immeasurable opportunity in high-income nations and threatens a wave of digital bio-piracy for vulnerable communities. This article critically evaluates these problems and considers solutions which draw on Indigenous Data Sovereignty principles. To do so, it uses the recent experience in Queensland to explore how the law might reconcile and balance these competing interests. Insofar as Queensland is one of the most mega biodiverse regions on earth, boasts a globally competitive life sciences sector, and has a vibrant and longstanding Indigenous population, it offers a unique case study.
摘要:
随着非人类遗传资源在研究和开发中的传统使用越来越多地让给计算机化的研究活动,当前的获取和利益分享框架面临迫在眉睫的身份危机。在数字序列信息的监管方面缺乏国际共识,这是全球北方和全球南方之间社会分裂的临界点,“开放数据”的文化在高收入国家带来了不可估量的机会,并威胁着脆弱社区的数字生物盗版浪潮。本文批判性地评估了这些问题,并考虑了借鉴土著数据主权原则的解决方案。要做到这一点,它利用昆士兰州最近的经验来探索法律如何调和和平衡这些相互竞争的利益。昆士兰州是地球上生物多样性最多的地区之一,拥有具有全球竞争力的生命科学行业,拥有充满活力和长期的土著居民,它提供了一个独特的案例研究。