Charles Cook

Abstract In October 2024, Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity agreed to a new multilateral mechanism to fund biodiversity conservation through the sharing of benefits from open biodiversity data. Biological databases hosting genetic and other biological data, known as digital sequence information (DSI), are central to the implementation of the mechanism. This paper assesses the new international agreement and its implications for DSI databases.

Boys and girls soccer season approaches final weeks, district rivalries headline volleyball and football matchups, cross-country meets on tap FARMINGTON – Local and area high school sports will keep an eye on the weather forecast this week in preparation for games, whether they be at home or on the road.

FARMINGTON – The fall sports season for local and area high school teams features an array of district battles, as well as tournament play in both soccer and volleyball. The district season kicks off in football this weekend for District 1-4A teams, headlined by a showdown at Kirtland Central against defending the Class 4A state champion Bloomfield Bobcats. Meantime, soccer and volleyball teams hit the road this week for tournament action in Santa Fe and Albuquerque.