Biodiv Sci ›› 2024, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (11): 24274.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2024274

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Trend analyses, realistic dilemmas, and realization mechanisms for biological genetic resource security under the background of breeding industrialization

Wenfei Zhang*,Zhihe Jiang   

  1. College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Agricultural and Rural Rule of Law Innovation Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070

  • Received:2024-06-30 Revised:2024-09-09 Online:2024-11-20 Published:2024-11-26
  • Contact: Wenfei Zhang

Abstract:

Aims: Biological genetic resources are important strategies that act as a cornerstone to expand and expedite biological breeding industrialization. Innovation drives biological breeding technology and leads to the high-quality development of industry techniques. Rule of law serves as both a safeguard and a solid line of defense for security. Therefore, it is of great practical significance to explore biological genetic resource security under the background of breeding industrialization to provide support for the development of new quality agricultural products.

Methods: Systematically review and consolidate foundational theories were completed by using literature analysis method from relevant domestic and international literature. The focus encompassed: (1) the assessment of current advancements in biological breeding technology; (2) the exploration of challenges and trends in security value of biological genetic resources. Furthermore, using normative analysis method, following the structured path of “identifying problems-analyzing problems-proposing solutions”, based on a careful examination of existing legal provisions and problems, construct the realization mechanisms for biological genetic resource security under the background of breeding industrialization.

Results: Our results indicate that biological genetic resources are related to national biological security, food security, and social security. Under the background of breeding industrialization, biological genetic resource security presents a trend of comprehensive value, whole-process supervision, and international protection. In particular, it is reflected in the international consensus on source protection that the sharing and utilization of digital sequence information are important in the application and supervision of biological breeding technology. However, because of realistic dilemmas, such as incoherence of the biological security legal system, a lack of legal protection, and a lack of operability on resource security management mechanisms, these dilemmas create frequent security problems. Unfortunately, these issues include the invasion of alien species, loss of genetic resources, and theft of parental variety.

Conclusions: Based on our results, we propose the following suggestions in order to ensure national biological genetic resource security under the background of breeding industrialization to promote the high-quality sustainable development of biological breeding industries and maintain the diversity of biological genetic resources: (1) the realization of legal approaches as integral protections to biological genetic resource security, in order to improve domestic rule of law that is in good alignment with international rules; (2) the realization of construction on special right protection models for biological genetic resources that are established as an emerging right of biological genetic resources in order to comprehensively protect genetic information and the personal preservation subjects; (3) the improvement of a comprehensive management mechanism for biological genetic resource security to allow access and benefits the sharing of biological genetic resources that strengthen their hierarchical management, as well as optimizes security risk prevention and emergency response.

Key words: breeding industrialization, biological genetic resources security, “biological genetic resources law”, right of biological genetic resources, comprehensive management of security