The Nagoya Protocol could backfire on the Global South.

Deplazes-Zemp A Ethics Research Institute (ERI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. deplazes@ethik.uzh.ch.
Abiven S Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Schaber P Ethics Research Institute (ERI), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Schaepman M Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Schaepman-Strub G Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Schmid B Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Shimizu KK Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Altermatt F Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.