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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... draft policy to guide research relationships developed in Cameroon, and currently undergoing review, is provided to help promote dialogue on the value and role of such documents. Other case studies provide examples of commercial product ...
... drafted with limited or no involvement on the part of actual researchers, however. Researchers can help policy-makers draft reasonable and effective laws and develop. 13 Laying the foundation.
Equitable Partnerships in Practice Sarah A. Laird. can help policy-makers draft reasonable and effective laws and ... drafted, provides guidance to individual researchers and draws out ethical issues and values embedded in research. Such ...
... draft access and benefit-sharing laws, such as those in Brazil, were informed by, or directly drew language from, statements, declarations and codes of ethics drafted by researchers and indigenous peoples' groups. A code of ethics is a ...
... drafted to deal with what the American Anthropological Association (AAA, 1998) refers to as 'special context ... Draft International Code of Conduct for Plant Germplasm Collecting and Transfer. The code of conduct was intended to ...
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
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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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