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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... cultural context of biodiversity and forest conservation. She has conducted research and provided advice on access and benefit-sharing issues for a range of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments, research institutes and ...
... cultural, political, economic and social context in which research takes place. Broadly speaking, equitable partnerships are those which exhibit equity or 'fairness in dealing'. In common and statute law systems, 'equity' developed as ...
... cultural diversity is closely linked to biological diversity (Posey, 1999), and that biodiversity is often at its highest in areas where the local populations are economically and politically marginalized (Dove, 1996). Increased ...
... culturally framed concept – is clearly difficult to approximate in practice. Disparities in legal and economic power, and complex political, economic, cultural and social relations, make all interventions aimed at 'equity' problematic ...
... cultural diversity. Academic and funding pressures create additional incentives for researchers to publish their results. This chapter examines some of the key issues raised by the publication of biodiversity research results – with an ...
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 |
Other editions - View all
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 |