African biodiversity genomics in the era of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: Ethical, Legal, and Social Perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorAnne WT Muigai
dc.contributor.authorSally Mueni Katee
dc.contributor.authorMarietjie Botes
dc.contributor.authorVarsha Shetty
dc.contributor.authorEmmanual Hala Kwon-Ndung
dc.contributor.authorGirish Beedessee
dc.contributor.authorSadye Paez
dc.contributor.authorSizwe Innocent Ndlovu
dc.contributor.authorBouabid Badaoui
dc.contributor.authorJustin E. Ideozu
dc.contributor.authorThankGod Echezona Ebenezer
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-26T17:17:12Z
dc.date.available2025-01-26T17:17:12Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) is a Pan-African initiative which aims to improve food systems and conservation through genomics, and ensure data sharing and benefits. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) is one of the frameworks of the Convention on Biological Diversity which seeks to reduce threats to biodiversity, ensure sustainable use of biodiversity as well as equitable sharing of benefits. AfricaBP’s objectives and activities are closely aligned with the goals of the KMGBF. However, implementing genomic research in the African context presents unique ethical, legal and social challenges and benefits. Here, we explore the alignment between the AfricaBP and the KMGBF, focusing on the potentials for genomics to drive biodiversity conservation and food security across Africa. We critically examine the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) and related challenges associated with implementing the KMGBF. In response to these challenges, and to strengthen AfricaBP’s capacity to implement the KMGBF goals, we make specific recommendations such as, amongst others, the creation of clear policy and legal frameworks, implement transparent monitoring and reporting mechanisms, and ensure interoperability of key regulatory instruments in biodiversity conservation. We also discuss how AfricaBP integrates the theory of change in its activities to enhance the implementation of the KMGBF by strengthening biodiversity data infrastructure, creating awareness via communication and capacity-building whilst empowering local communities, promoting gender diversity in the African biodiversity genomics landscape, facilitating research and innovation by advancing ethical and legal frameworks, and understanding access and benefit-sharing and KMGBF through roundtable meetings, survey development and analysis.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ndu.ac.ke/handle/123456789/52
dc.titleAfrican biodiversity genomics in the era of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: Ethical, Legal, and Social Perspectives

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