TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge (2026)

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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge (2026)

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Briefing paper: Biodiversity Offsets and Credits lack “High Integrity” and will not bring significant funding to Global South Countries and Communities
(21 Oct 26)
Accountability and transparency of DSI databases “to all Parties” are critical for the success of the CBD’s multilateral mechanism
(17 Oct 26)
Report: The Elephants in the Room Driving Biodiversity Destruction
(16 Oct 26)
Moving Beyond the Implementation Gap at COP17
by Mirna Inés Fernández (15 Oct 26)
Why we must critically assess and regulate synthetic biology before experiments are unleashed on biodiversity
(15 Oct 26)
Synthetic biology at CBD COP17
(09 Oct 26)
Diplomacy with a difference
by Lean Ka-Min (26 Aug 26)
CBD: Discussions inch forward on synthetic biology assessment
by Eva Sirinathsinghji & Lim Li Ching (26 Aug 26)
CBD: Developing countries resist efforts to redefine Parties responsible to provide financial resources
by Lim Li Ching (25 Aug 26)
UN Security Council Straw Polls Narrow Secretary-General Race
by D Ravi Kanth (22 Aug 26)
CBD: South calls for review of institutional documents of Cali Fund
by Nithin Ramakrishnan (13 Aug 26)
Midway in UN tax negotiations: Global South sees reason for optimism, urges high ambition must prevail
by APMDD (12 Aug 26)
CBD: Developing countries call for peer review of flawed study on database accountability
by Nithin Ramakrishnan (11 Aug 26)
CBD: Developing Countries Call for Review of the Institutional Documents of the Cali Fund
by Nithin Ramakrishnan (07 Aug 26)
The poverty of growth
by Lean Ka-Min (04 Aug 26)
Assessment and regulatory capacity: A prerequisite for evidence-based and precautionary decision-making, sovereignty and equity in synthetic biology
(23 Jul 26)
WHO: Working group considers conceptual design of PABS system
by Nithin Ramakrishnan & Sangeeta Shashikant (23 Jul 26)
WHO: User identification and Contracts indispensable for PABS says developing countries
by Nithin Ramakrishnan & Sangeeta Shashikant (17 Jul 26)
WHO: Developing countries insist PABS must uphold Article 12 and ABS principles
by Nithin Ramakrishnan & Rajnia Rodrigues (13 Jul 26)
DSI databases and fair and equitable benefit-sharing
(29 Jun 26)
Talks on protection of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions stalled
by Sreenath Namboodiri (07 May 26)
WHO: MSF calls on EU not to decouple access from benefit sharing in PABS System
by TWN (29 Apr 26)
WHO: PABS negotiation set to resume, consensus elusive during 'informals'
by TWN (27 Apr 26)
WHO: IGWG6 suspended, EU and other developed countries refused to accept equitable PABS System
by Nithin Ramakrishnan (13 Apr 26)
Sovereign debt is a structural barrier to CBD implementation
(24 Mar 26)
CBD: Resource mobilization talks avoid elephant in room, extend review of key studies
by Lim Li Ching (13 Mar 26)
CBD: Lack of equity hampers KMGBF implementation
by Lim Li Ching (23 Feb 26)
Burdensome Debt is a Major Barrier to Protecting the World’s Biodiversity
(13 Feb 26)
Will PABS Bureau Sideline South's Proposals for Standard Contracts?
by Sangeeta Shashikant & Nithin Ramakrishnan (06 Jan 26)

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