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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... access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits, and has published on this subject and other sustainable ... benefit-sharing issues for a range of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governments, research institutes and ...
... access and benefit-sharing policy project. She has extensive experience in drafting legislation related to natural resources and indigenous peoples' rights, participating in several working groups including the Proposal of a Regime for ...
... sharing of benefits, prior informed consent and ongoing consultation, and adherence to standards for best practice ... access and benefit-sharing measures, institutional policies, codes of ethics and research guidelines, contracts ...
... access to an 'access and benefit-sharing' basis for exchange will take time and practice, and will be most effective growing from particular local conditions. As Solis and Cordero (1999) stated, in reference to the development of the ...
... access and benefit-sharing laws, and increasingly accepted as integral to equitable biodiversity research and prospecting relationships, effective means for researchers to acquire prior informed consent from local communities remain ...
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 |