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title: "Cali Fund: Benefit-Sharing for DSI Explained"
description: "The Cali Fund collects payments from firms using digital sequence information on genetic resources, established at COP16 in 2024 to share biodiversity benefits."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Cali Fund is a multilateral mechanism established under the Convention on Biological Diversity to collect and distribute benefits arising from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources.
- How does the Cali Fund differ from the Nagoya Protocol?
- Are contributions to the Cali Fund mandatory?
- Who receives money from the Cali Fund?
- How is the Cali Fund different from the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund?

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At the resumed COP16 session in Rome on 25 February 2025, the CBD Secretariat, supported by Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad, formally launched the Cali Fund to channel corporate DSI contributions to biodiversity stewards.

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