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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... South Africa 63 Possible benefits from research 156 International and national law that impact research results 186 Designing agreements in Mkambati 197 Types of demands 228 Examples of genetic resources transferred before the 20th ...
... South Africa – setting standards for best practice Registries of biodiversity-related knowledge Researchers' checklist for publication results The growing role of databases: conflicting trends in access A reader's moral and ethical ...
... South Africa: policy research and public participation 390 12.10 Some key terms and sample definitions for access and benefit-sharing legislative measures 398 3.1 3.2 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 6.1. 12.6 Intellectual property rights and ...
... South Africa Limbe Botanic Garden Policy on Access to Genetic Resources and BenefitSharing, Collaborative Research and Data and Information Exchange People, plants and publishing Dusun communities' efforts to control distribution of a ...
... South America, Africa and the South Pacific. Michael Gollin is a partner in Venable, Baetijer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP, in Washington, DC. Marianne Guerin-McManus, Director of Conservation International's (CI) Conservation Finance ...
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 |