Permanent Senate Commission on Fundamental Issues of Biological Diversity

The Permanent Senate Commission on Fundamental Issues of Biological Diversity (SKBV) established by the Senate on 1 January 2018 functions as an independent, interdisciplinary expert forum, continually evaluating and presenting new scientific findings in terms of their societal and political significance. The Commission also advises DFG bodies, government and society on heavily debated topics relating to biodiversity and prepares position papers on behalf of the DFG. The Senate Commission has set up several working groups, such as the working group “Access and Benefit Sharing” (AG ABS) and "Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction“ (AG BBNJ).

News

Statement of the SKBV on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Nagoya Protocol - German biodiversity researchers’ perspective

Statement of the Permanent Senate Commission on Fundamental Issues of Biological Diversity (SKBV) on the national ratification process of the new UN Convention on the  conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (in German only) 

Recommended action for the deposition of biological samples in scientific collections - a joint publication of the Permanent Senate Commission on Fundamental Issues of Biological Diversity (SKBV) and the Senate Commission on Earth System Research (SKE) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) (in German only)

Statement on the Annex to Decision CBD/COP/DEC/15/9 pursuant to Notification 2023-003 of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Position paper on the document CBD/WG2020/3/L.2 - Preparation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Explanations and Model Clauses as support for Nagoya Protocol relevant research projects

Members of the Permanent Senate Commission on Fundamental Issues of Biological Diversity

Members of the Permanent Senate Commission on Fundamental Issues of Biological Diversity

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Further Publications

Further Information

Commission Secretariat

Jonas Geschke
Institute of Plant Sciences
University of Bern
Altenbergrain 21
3013 Bern, Switzerland
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Secretariat of the working group on Access and Benefit-Sharing

Catharina Caspari
Institut für Energie-, Umwelt- und Seerecht
Universität Greifswald
Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 1
17489 Greifswald
E-Mail:

Secretariat of the working group BBNJ

Frederick Qasem
Institut für Energie-, Umwelt- und Seerecht
Universität Greifswald
Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 1
17489 Greifswald
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Contact

Dr. Meike Teschke
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: +49 (228) 885-2336
Tanja Zdebel
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: +49 (228) 885-3105