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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... genetic resources' under the Convention on Biological Diversity? Developing access and benefit-sharing measures in countries with federal systems Industry reactions to CBD provisions and national measures concerning genetic resources access ...
... access genetic resources (see Table I.1). This has led to wariness on the part of high biodiversity countries, who cannot muster the same resources and power to negotiate and monitor partnerships. Large life-science companies have ...
... genetic resources are not only biological resources but political resources, as well (Redford and Richter, 1999). This is evident in the way issues surrounding access to, and use of, genetic resources have entered the local, national ...
... access to plant, fungal, microbial and animal genetic resources is essential. The exchange of genetic resources between botanic gardens is also necessary in order to facilitate taxonomic and other scientific research and to ensure that ...
... genetic resources; to establish conditions that facilitate access; 4 to promote the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources; and 5 to encourage other botanic gardens to adopt the CPG and a ...
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 |