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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... value and role of such documents. Other case studies provide examples of commercial product development from samples collected in parks prior to the CBD – taq polymerase from Yellowstone National Park in the xxxiii Introduction.
... documents. Case studies include steps taken by researchers to acquire the prior informed consent of Ese Eja communities in Peru; the development of oral and written research agreements in Mkambati, South Africa; development of a written ...
... and 10 in this book. These and other useful documents referred to are available at: www.rbgkew.org.uk/peopleplants. Biodiversity research is frequently positioned at the interface of multiple xxxvi Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge.
... documents developed by indigenous peoples' groups. • Biodiversity research relationships are required to be 'equitable' and include the 'fair and equitable sharing of benefits' (CBD, Article 1). Ethics and the social sciences ...
... documents for language employed in access and benefit-sharing legislation, policy and agreements. By articulating researcher positions, they help communicate to others the responsibilities that researchers are willing to shoulder, and ...
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 |