Overview
Brazil supports the multilateral mechanism and the Cali Fund under Decision 16/2, but maintains that benefit-sharing from the use of DSI has been obligatory since COP15, and regards the Fund as an alternative route to meet that obligation, not a voluntary arrangement. It advocates recognition of its Biodiversity Law No. 13.123/2015, which already regulates information of genetic origin, and insists that Cali Fund certificates be issued only against minimum contribution standards so that they may be recognised as compliance with national benefit-sharing obligations. Brazil favours a product- and service-based contribution modality, calculated at the indicative rates of 1% of profits or 0.1% of revenue on DSI-derived products and open to sectors not currently listed. It opposes any pilot phase outside the Fund’s formal governance. It also seeks reaffirmation of the Conference of the Parties’ authority over the Fund’s governance, including alignment of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Decision 16/2, and direct access to resources for Indigenous peoples and traditional communities.
Goals
- Establish that benefit-sharing from DSI is obligatory, with the Cali Fund as one route to compliance alongside Law 13.123/2015
- Ensure certificates are issued only against minimum contribution standards, so that they count toward national obligations
- Secure a product- and service-based contribution modality at the 1%/0.1% rates
- Reassert the COP’s authority over the Fund’s governance, including alignment of the MoU with Decision 16/2, and prevent a pilot phase outside formal governance