Cases / Genetic resources and benefit-sharing · Malawi and Cameroon · 2024–2025
Basecamp Research benefit-sharing deals with Malawi and Cameroon; amounts undisclosed
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Basecamp Research agreed benefit-sharing terms with Malawi and Cameroon covering genetic data used to train AI models. The amounts paid were not disclosed in the sources reviewed.
What?
Basecamp Research agreed benefit-sharing terms with Malawi and Cameroon covering genetic data. BiopharmaTrend
Where?
Malawi and Cameroon. BiopharmaTrend
When?
2024 to 2025. BiopharmaTrend
Who?
Gained
- Basecamp Research — Use of genetic data from Malawi and Cameroon for AI model training under the agreements BiopharmaTrend
Lost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Benefit-sharing agreements that provide for royalties, including on data used to train AI models. BiopharmaTrend
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
BiopharmaTrend reported that Basecamp Research partnered with Cameroon to share benefits from genetic data use.
BiopharmaTrend reported that the agreements with Malawi and Cameroon provide for royalties even on data used to train AI models.
The amounts involved were not disclosed in the sources reviewed.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Not disclosed The amounts paid under the Malawi and Cameroon agreements were not disclosed.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether any payment has been made under the agreements.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- Basecamp Research partners with Cameroon to share benefits from genetic data useBiopharmaTrend · 2024