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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... Collections describes as the 'increasingly complex demands on natural history collections and expertise at a time when there is rapid change in the legal and ethical standards that govern collections and research' (Hoagland, 1994). In ...
... collection of materials. Non-extractive, non-commercial research Biologists document the evolution of species and ecological patterns and processes through observation, simulation, etc, without collection of samples. Extractive but ...
... collection of materials (see Chapter 12). Distinguishing between demands for access to material and knowledge for ... Collections' (ASC) Field and Research Guidelines: 'Life is increasingly complicated for field biologists. Interest in ...
... collected materials (see Chapter 4). In summary, a sample of the new responsibilities which biodiversity researchers must ... collection of material as 'biopiracy' are a stronger voice and have captured greater public and governmental ...
... collection, granting of permits); responsibilities of collectors and appropriate behaviour pre-, during and post-collection; responsibilities of sponsors, curators and users; and reporting on, monitoring and evaluating observance of the ...
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 |