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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... Plants South - East Asia and Sabah Parks Draft Protocol Document for the Distribution of the Medicinal Plant Manual Wakau , Kayu , Om Sakot : Tubat Tinungkusan Sinakagon Kadazandusun Rationale Traditional knowledge is being lost due to ...
... medicinal plants provide an illustration of the different types of agreements developed with this particular group of social actors . Three types of users of medicinal plants were identified by the study , each requir- ing the ...
... medicinal plants in the area included those people who gather large amounts of medicinal plants to sell in the markets of Durban and Johannesburg . These plants are purchased primarily by traditional healers or chemists . In the study ...
Contents
equitable biodiversity research relationships | 3 |
codes of ethics | 16 |
Institutional policies for biodiversity research | 39 |
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