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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... Laird is an independent consultant with a focus on the commercial and cultural context of biodiversity and forest conservation. She has conducted research and provided advice on access and benefit-sharing issues for a range of non ...
Equitable Partnerships in Practice Sarah A. Laird. Structure. of. the. book. People and Plants partners WWF WWF (formerly the World Wide. sional biodiversity researchers address ethical and legal issues raised by their research, and as ...
Equitable Partnerships in Practice Sarah A. Laird. wider social and conservation objectives (Orr, 1999; Richter and Redford, 1999). Through the process of developing codes of ethics, research guidelines and institutional policies ...
Equitable Partnerships in Practice Sarah A. Laird. CBD – taq polymerase from Yellowstone National Park in the United States, and Sandimmune developed by Novartis from a fungus collected in Hardangervidda National Park in Norway. Steps ...
Equitable Partnerships in Practice Sarah A. Laird. permits for research and collections in countries in which they have worked for many years, and many bemoan the development of governmental approaches that assume the worst intentions on ...
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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