SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway.
Franklin and Marshall College, United States of America.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2020 Feb;151:110809. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110809. Epub 2020 Jan 29.
Marine genetic resources (MGR) are a new issue in high seas management. Discussion on how to best manage these resources is currently ongoing at the United Nations, within the context of a proposed treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine 'Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction' (BBNJ), which is expected to be completed in 2020.But how accurately can states measure the potential economic value of resources that still do not have a clear market application? Developing states in particular already suffer from wealth blindness, where they lack the capacity to properly evaluate the economic value or market potential of their marine resources. This article explores the extent to which wealth blindness forms the backdrop to the current debates over the potential for profitably exploiting marine genetic resources, as well as how this relates to demands for capacity building and technology transfer in the BBNJ treaty negotiation process.
海洋遗传资源（MGR）是公海管理中的一个新问题。目前，在联合国范围内正在讨论如何最好地管理这些资源，讨论的背景是一项关于养护和可持续利用国家管辖范围以外区域海洋生物多样性的拟议条约，该条约预计将在 2020 年完成。但是，各国如何准确衡量那些仍然没有明确市场应用的资源的潜在经济价值呢？特别是发展中国家已经存在财富盲目性，缺乏适当评估其海洋资源经济价值或市场潜力的能力。本文探讨了财富盲目性在多大程度上构成了当前关于海洋遗传资源获利潜力的争论的背景，以及这与《生物多样性公约》关于能力建设和技术转让的谈判进程中的要求有何关系。
