Podcasts

The ABS Clearing House (ABSCH) is a very important instrument in the Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS) world. It is an international information sharing platform and the go-to resource for researchers to find out how to legally obtain access to material in provider countries. In this episode, we speak to Matthew Dias who is the Program […]

Regulation (EU) No 511/2014, or the EU Regulation for short, creates compliance obligations for researchers conducting “utilization” with certain genetic resources. The term utilization is a difficult one to understand, making it challenging for many researchers to understand what type of research is covered by the EU Regulation. The good news is that the new […]

This podcast focuses on understanding the scope of Regulation (EU) No 511/2014, or the EU Regulation for short. This is important for researchers because those that fall within its scope have so-called due diligence obligations that need to be fulfilled. In this episode, we speak to Martin Brink who works at the Centre for Genetic […]

The compliance obligations arising from Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 do not only apply to individuals but also to institutions like universities and research institutions where researchers work. Finding a good institutional compliance strategy can be challenging but some institutions have already made good progress in this area. In this podcast episode, we speak to the […]

Since 2020, a number of academic institutions have been checked for compliance with Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 by the German competent authority, the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN). In this podcast, we speak to the head of the Nagoya Unit at the BfN about these checks, their purpose, the process […]