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).

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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)

Further Information

• Members and Guests(interner Link)
• Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Markus Fischer

Commission Secretariat

Jonas Geschke, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland, jonas.geschke@unibe.ch(externer Link)

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, catharina.caspari@uni-greifswald.de(externer Link)

Secretariat of the working group BBNJ

Frederick Qasem, Institut für Energie-, Umwelt- und Seerecht, Universität Greifswald, Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 1, 17489 Greifswald, frederick.qasem@uni-greifswald.de(externer Link)