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<p>The African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) is a pan-African initiative focusing on improving food systems and conservation through genomics and ensuring the sharing of data and benefits. The Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) aims to protect and restore biodiversity, including by ensuring its sustainable use and equitable sharing of benefits. AfricaBP’s objectives and activities align with the goals of the GBF. However, implementing genomics research across Africa faces challenges resulting from ethical, legal and social implications. In this Roadmap, we explore the alignment between AfricaBP and the GBF, and outline how genomics research can be expanded while meeting GBF goals and international policy obligations. We present a theory of&#xa0;change that identifies five thematic areas for action, and examine relevant challenges related to the ethical, legal and social implications. In response to these challenges, we make recommendations, highlight AfricaBP’s activities and identify intermediate outcomes towards achieving GBF goals. Addressing challenges across Africa requires developing clear policy and legal frameworks, implementing transparent monitoring and reporting mechanisms, and ensuring interoperability of key regulatory conservation instruments. Strengthening biodiversity data infrastructure, raising awareness of access and benefit-sharing and digital sequence information&#xa0;frameworks, ensuring gender representation, and including Indigenous Peoples and local communities at every stage of development and implementation will also be essential.</p>

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Expanding African biodiversity genomics to meet global biodiversity goals

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年3月23日

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  • Sally Mueni Katee,
  • Marietjie Botes,
  • Ichrak Hayah,
  • Varsha Nagaraj Shetty,
  • Emmanuel Hala Kwon-Ndung,
  • Girish Beedessee,
  • Sadye Paez,
  • Sizwe Innocent Ndlovu,
  • Bouabid Badaoui,
  • Semir Bechir Suheil Gaouar,
  • Sadik Muzemil,
  • Denye Nathaniel Ogeh,
  • Abdoallah Sharaf,
  • Kassahun Tesfaye,
  • Chukwuike Ebuzome,
  • Richard Osei-Amponsah,
  • Chigoziem Ruth Torty,
  • Hawwa Gabier,
  • Samuel C. Eziuzor,
  • Fatu J. Badiane Markey,
  • Julien Alban Nguinkal,
  • Achraf El Allali,
  • Anne W. T. Muigai,
  • Justin E. Ideozu,
  • ThankGod Echezona Ebenezer

摘要

The African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) is a pan-African initiative focusing on improving food systems and conservation through genomics and ensuring the sharing of data and benefits. The Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) aims to protect and restore biodiversity, including by ensuring its sustainable use and equitable sharing of benefits. AfricaBP’s objectives and activities align with the goals of the GBF. However, implementing genomics research across Africa faces challenges resulting from ethical, legal and social implications. In this Roadmap, we explore the alignment between AfricaBP and the GBF, and outline how genomics research can be expanded while meeting GBF goals and international policy obligations. We present a theory of change that identifies five thematic areas for action, and examine relevant challenges related to the ethical, legal and social implications. In response to these challenges, we make recommendations, highlight AfricaBP’s activities and identify intermediate outcomes towards achieving GBF goals. Addressing challenges across Africa requires developing clear policy and legal frameworks, implementing transparent monitoring and reporting mechanisms, and ensuring interoperability of key regulatory conservation instruments. Strengthening biodiversity data infrastructure, raising awareness of access and benefit-sharing and digital sequence information frameworks, ensuring gender representation, and including Indigenous Peoples and local communities at every stage of development and implementation will also be essential.