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(Download) on the Participation of Associations in the UN Convention on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) – Legislative Procedure (Ratification and Implementation)" (in German only)

Statement(Download) on possible additional modalities of the multilateral mechanism pursuant to Notification 2024-114 of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Statement(Download) on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Nagoya Protocol - German biodiversity researchers’ perspective.

Statement(Download) 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(interner Link) 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(Download) 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(Download) 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

• Explanations for scientific institutions(Download) (in German only)
• Explanations for scientists(Download)
• Model Clauses(Download)

Members and Guests

Here you will find an overview of members and guests(interner Link) (Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Markus Fischer).

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Further Publications

• Third statement issued by the DFG Permanent Senate Commission on Fundamental Issues of Biological Diversity (SKBV) on the draft text of the Agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (based on the further revised draft dated 26 August, 2022)(Download)
• Second statement about the Agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (biodiversity beyond national juristiction – BBNJ) on the draft text of the Agreement (based on the further revised draft dated 20 May, 2022)(Download)
• Statement about the Agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (biodiversity beyond national juristiction – BBNJ)” on the revised draft text of the Agreement”(Download)
• Statement: Post-2020 Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity(Download)
• Statement: "Negotiations for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ)"(Download)
• DFG Statement on the Discussion on Digital Sequence Information (DSI) 2017(Download)

Contact information

• Commission Secretariat: Jonas Geschke(externer Link), Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland
• Secretariat of the working group on Access and Benefit-Sharing: Catharina Caspari(externer Link), Institut für Energie-, Umwelt- und Seerecht, Universität Greifswald, Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 1, 17489 Greifswald
• Secretariat of the working group BBNJ: Frederick Qasem(externer Link), Institut für Energie-, Umwelt- und Seerecht, Universität Greifswald, Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 1, 17489 Greifswald
• Secretariat of the working group Digitalization: Marie Bärenwaldt(externer Link), Institut für Energie-, Umwelt- und Seerecht, Universität Greifswald, Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 1, 17489 Greifswald