Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: Equitable Partnerships in PracticeSarah A. Laird Biodiversity 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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Equitable Partnerships in Practice Sarah A. Laird. Chapter 6 Protected area research policies : developing a basis for equity and accountability Sarah A Laird and Estherine E Lisinge Research in protected areas Two valuable annexes to ...
... Laird , ( 1999 ) ' The influence of natural products on 1997 pharmaceutical sales figures ' in K ten Kate and S A Laird ( eds ) The Commercial Use of Biodiversity : Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit - Sharing , Earthscan , London ...
... Laird ( 1999 ) ' The production and marketing of a species in the “ public domain " : the Yawanawa and Aveda Corporation Bixa orellana Project , Brazil ' in K ten Kate and S A Laird ( eds ) The Commercial Use of Biodiversity : Access to ...
Contents
equitable biodiversity research relationships | 3 |
codes of ethics | 16 |
Institutional policies for biodiversity research | 39 |
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