Cardoso, Isabel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8244-6465
Meiβner, Anneke
Sawicki, Anja
Bartsch, Inka http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7609-2149
Valentin, Klaus-Ulrich http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7401-9423
Steinhagen, Sophie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8410-9932
Buck, Bela H. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7491-3273
Hofmann, Laurie C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2307-3750
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (281DL02B20, 281DL02B20, 281DL02B20)
Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas (2022-00331)
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI)
Article History
Received: 15 December 2022
Revised: 24 March 2023
Accepted: 27 March 2023
First Online: 29 May 2023
Declarations
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: We have written confirmation by the <i>Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF)</i> in its function as ABS National Focal Point as well as Competent National Authority that although Portugal is party to the Nagoya Protocol no national legislation nor any regulatory requirements drawing from the Nagoya Protocol for access to genetic resources in mainland Portugal exist presently. As the samples for this project were collected in mainland Portugal, there are no applicable prior informed consent requirements. The Greek <i>Ulva</i> material was isolated in 1986 (AWI culture number 1262) and in 1967 (AWI culture number 1290). Hence, the samples were taken before the Nagoya Protocol came into force in 2014. Although Regulation EU-No. 511/2014 does not apply accordingly, we complied with our due diligence by asking the Greek National Focal Point about national ABS permit requirements and were granted access with a research permit for flora (RECALL/Δ PΔ/12548/797) issued by Ministry of The Environment & Energy- GDD & DP—Forest Protection Directorate).
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.