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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... Botanic Gardens, Kew www.rbgkew.org.uk/peopleplants Titles in the series Applied Ethnobotany: People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation Anthony B Cunningham Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: Equitable Partnerships in Practice Sarah ...
... botanic gardens on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing The institutional policy development process: steps in policy drafting and implementation The University of Illinois, Chicago, PCRPS: evolution of an institutional ...
... Botanic Gardens, Kew. Formerly a practising barrister and member of the Secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) during preparations for the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, she is now responsible for ...
... botanical and other biotic resources for the purposes of research or commerce can benefit biological conservation ... Botanic Gardens, Kew, taking an associate role and focusing, in particular, on provision of information and hosting ...
... Botanic Gardens, Kew, the University of the South Pacific and the Limbe Botanic Garden in Cameroon, have drafted policies to guide both academic and commercial research activities. A consortium of botanic gardens has developed 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 |