Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections

Mestier, Astrid de; Mulcahy, Daniel G.; Harris, David J.; Korotkova, Nadja; Long, Sarah S.; Häffner, Eva; Paton, Alan; Schiller, Edmund; Leliaert, Frédérik; Mackenzie‐Dodds, Jacqueline; Fulcher, Tim; Ståhls, Gunilla; Rintelen, Thomas von; Martín, María P.; Lücking, Robert; Williams, China; Lyal, Christopher H. C.; Güntsch, Anton; Aronsson, Heléne; Castelin, Magalie; Pielach, Anna; Poczai, Péter; Ruiz‐León, Yolanda; Bastida, Isabel Sanmartin; Thines, Marco; Droege, Gabriele

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“…Many countries have developed legislation governing access to genetic resources, their use, and related benefit sharing. Collections will enter into written agreement with institutions or government agencies in the provider country and in some cases these agreements will prohibit external transfer to third parties without prior permission 30,31 . To prove that institutional permission to sample was granted, publishers and aggregators of genomic data (e.g., GenBank) normally require copies of permits before a paper can be published or sequences deposited, respectively.…”

Section: Ensure That Institutional Permission To Destructively Sample...mentioning

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“…Protocol requirements, CITES, Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), permits or other agreements with other countries or institutions, bioculturally sensitive materials, rare or threatened species restrictions) 53 ; and users of those collections can be confident that they have documented permission to conduct their proposed project. Best practice dictates that institutions should always track transfers of their specimens and derivative samples and for countries and material falling under the scope of the Nagoya Protocol, which is a legal commitment for signatories 30 .…”

Section: Best Practices For Herbarium Stewardsmentioning

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“…Uncountable aliquots of DNA from finite and irreplaceable specimens have been discarded or lost when researchers move, retire, or die, and because of the lack of a standardized process for depositing extracted samples. Curating a collection of extracted DNA (or other related multiomic sample) is costly and time-consuming, but will extend the research value of herbarium specimens immeasurably into the future 30 .…”

Section: Treat Destructive Multiomic Samples From Collections As Loansmentioning

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The destructive sampling conundrum and guidelines for effective and ethical sampling of herbaria

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The use of herbaria for science and conservation is revolutionizing the discovery, exploration, and protection of biodiversity at unprecedented scopes and scales. The Global Metaherbarium—a digitally interlinked, open-access resource—is stimulating these efforts and helping to facilitate massive investigations that utilize aggregated digital derivatives of physical herbarium specimens. Simultaneously, the growing use of this virtual resource is expanding the use of physical collections by researchers from many scholarly domains who increasingly are sampling specimens for multiomic investigations (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, proteomics, and microbiomics). These investigations are leading to new scientific insights and supporting the development of conservation actions, but they come with a substantial cost: the (partial) destruction of priceless and often irreplaceable specimens, which constitute a global heritage that should be permanently safeguarded for future reference. The absence of a comprehensive set of “best practices” for destructively sampling herbarium specimens leads to confusion and uncertainty from researchers and institutions alike and risks over-exploitation of precious collections when the research is executed. Here, we provide a set of best practices aimed at reducing these uncertainties and creating a framework for sustainably and ethically sampling herbarium specimens. Our recommendations are intended for two complementary but overlapping audiences—users and stewards—who together build, use, and protect herbarium collections.

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Section: Ensure That Institutional Permission To Destructively Sample...mentioning

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Section: Best Practices For Herbarium Stewardsmentioning

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Guidelines for the effective and ethical sampling of herbaria

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Permits, contracts and their terms for biodiversity specimens

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Häffner

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We present two different typologies of legal/contractual information in the context of natural history objects: the Biodiversity Permit/Contract Typology categorises permits and contracts, and the Typology of Legal/Contractual Terms for Biodiversity Specimens categorises the terms within permits and contracts. The Typologies have been developed under the EU-funded SYNTHESYS+ project with the participation of experts from outside the consortium. The document further addresses a possible technical integration of these typologies into the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo). The implementation in the DiSSCo data model is outlined and a concrete use case is presented to show how conditions, e.g. the Typology of Legal/Contractual Terms, can be introduced into the DiSSCo Electronic Loans and Visits System (ElViS). Finally, we give an outlook on the next steps to develop the typologies into a standard that supports compliance with legal and contractual obligations within the wider community of natural science collections.

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Policies Handbook on Using Molecular Collections

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

The destructive sampling conundrum and guidelines for effective and ethical sampling of herbaria

The destructive sampling conundrum and guidelines for effective and ethical sampling of herbaria

Guidelines for the effective and ethical sampling of herbaria

Permits, contracts and their terms for biodiversity specimens

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