The Benefit Sharing Compass Game
The Benefit Sharing Compass game was developed by Indigenous Data Law Lab team member Maui Hudson with KatieLee Riddle and Natlie Kusabs.
Individuals and companies are rarely aware of how to navigate different benefit sharing scenarios with Indigenous peoples and communities. This game aims to educate individuals and companies to act in proper ways that better economic and social outcomes for Indigenous communities.
The game is structured around three different scenarios. In each scenario, you are responsible for both science delivery and community engagement. You should assume that funding for benefit-sharing initiatives is available, but resources of time and money are finite.The game takes approximately 15 minutes to complete.
Supporting Research
Below are two supporting articles on Benefit Sharing that have been co-authored by Indigenous Data Law Lab members Jane Anderson and Maui Hudson:
Fair and equitable benefit sharing of genetic resources is an expectation of the Nagoya Protocol. Although the Nagoya Protocol does not yet formally apply to Digital Sequence Information (“DSI”), discussions are currently underway regarding to include such data through ongoing Convention on Biological Diversity (“CBD”) negotiations. While Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (“IPLC”) expect the value generated from genomic data to be subject to benefit sharing arrangements, a range of views are currently being expressed by Nation States, IPLC and other stakeholders.