Nereus research fellow Harriet Harden-Davies (ANCORS/University of Wollongong) was one of five international experts invited to attend a high-level dialogue about marine genetic resources and benefit sharing at the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway. These discussions are part of the ongoing series of negotiations concerning a new international legally binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (BBNJ agreement). For a more complete summary (from which the above was adapted), you can read the news piece Harriet wrote about her experience here.