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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... activities have focused on places and themes of prime conservation importance. They have included several national parks, where agreements are needed, or are being reached, regarding the involvement of communities in their systems of ...
... activities at a national level; and international agencies, which undertake research, provide funding and set or implement international legal standards (see Chapters 1 and 12). The scope and nature of research activities, and the ...
... activities (eg resource rights and self-determination of local groups), as well as those that guide the research relationship itself (eg prior informed consent, respect and equitable benefit-sharing). Research guidelines complement the ...
... activities relating to agrobiodiversity conservation and the development of community biodiversity registers (see Chapter 4). In 1995, the development of community biodiversity registers began in India as a way to document biodiversity ...
... activities and publications dedicated to educating anthropologists on matters of ethics? It is felt that the AAA should develop a new, very general, code of ethics relevant to all professional anthropologists and not get bogged down in ...
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 |