Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: Equitable Partnerships in PracticeBiodiversity research and prospecting are long-standing activities taking place in a new legal and ethical environment. Following entry into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1993, and other recent policy developments, expectations and obligations for research and prospecting partnerships have changed. However, to date there are few guides to integrating these concepts with practice. This book offers practical guidance on how to arrive at equitable biodiversity research and prospecting partnerships. Drawing on experience and lessons learned from around the world, it provides case studies, analysis and recommendations in a range of areas that together form a new framework for creating equity in these partnerships. They include researcher codes of ethics, institutional policies, community research agreements, the design of more effective commercial partnerships and biodiversity prospecting contracts, the drafting and implementation of national 'access and benefit-sharing' laws, and institutional tools for the distribution of financial benefits. As part of the People and Plants initiative to enhance the role of communities in efforts to conserve biodiversity and use natural resources sustainably, Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge will be invaluable to students, researchers and local communities, academic institutions, international agencies, government bodies and companies involved in biodiversity research, prospecting and conservation. |
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... Environmental Law and Policy programme at the University of Victoria, undertaking policy research on human and environmental health, focusing on research protocols and the development of an institutional model to facilitate ...
... environmental law, and has negotiated biodiversity access agreements in South America, Africa and the South Pacific ... Environment and Development (UNCED) during preparations for the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, she is now responsible for ...
... Environmental Law Foundation of Nigeria. He is also a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and ... environment. She is a coauthor of the book Participation and Consultation for Indigenous Peoples for Oil Sector ...
... Environment and Natural Resources of the Philippines and was instrumental in developing new policies on forestry ... environmental disputes and conflicts. He was Chief Negotiator for the Philippines in the implementation of the ...
... Environment and Development (UNCED) bridge 'purely' environmental concerns and emerging human rights and trade issues. The CBD is a trade agreement in the sense that it establishes general and qualified terms for the trade in genetic ...
Contents
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Biodiversity research and prospecting in protected areas | 125 |
Community relationships with researchers | 177 |
The commercial use of biodiversity and traditional knowledge
| 239 |
National policy context | 360 |
Conclusions and recommendations | 415 |
Directory of useful contacts and resources | 430 |
Contributors contact information | 443 |
Acronyms and abbreviations | 447 |
Glossary | 454 |
References | 461 |
Index | 489 |
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Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: Equitable Partnerships in Practice Sarah A Laird Limited preview - 2010 |
Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: Equitable Partnerships in Practice Sarah A. Laird Limited preview - 2002 |