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The ocean has long sustained coastal communities that rely on it for their food, livelihoods and wellbeing. But these benefits don’t stop at the shoreline. New research commissioned...

Today, the Commission has proposed a series of targeted actions to boost biotechnology and biomanufacturing in the EU. The Communication on Building the future with nature identifies the challenges and barriers and proposes to tackle...

An analysis of the global landscape of biotechnology innovation shows that biotech patents represent about 5% of total patents filed between 2001 and 2020. The vast majority of the biotech...

Agricultural production is inherently risky since it depends on natural resources and climate conditions, and is influenced by market developments. Adverse weather conditions, severe market imbalances, or the spread...

Governments advance discussions on a multilateral mechanism to share benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.

Opening statement by the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, David Cooper, at the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information...

Governments meet in Geneva to develop a multilateral mechanism to share benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources

The EFIB Rotterdam Statement of 2023 provides a priority pathway for biotechnology to support Europe’s global leadership, resilience and competitiveness.