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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... sector; biodiversity rich but technologically poor and biodiversity poor but technologically rich nations and regions; the urban and rural; and between the economically and politically powerful and the disenfranchised (Cunningham, 1996 ...
... sector research and development (R&D) programmes, including those in industries such as the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, crop protection, seed, horticulture, and cosmetic (ten Kate and Laird, 1999). Rising conflicts over access to ...
... sector has motivated a broad shift and growing dependence of academic and research institutions on the private sector, creating new pressures and conflicts of interests among scientists. Meanwhile, academic advancement criteria have not ...
... sector agencies. One of the more intractable issues this raises is the difficulty of distinguishing between commercial and academic research, and the increasingly grey divide and overlap between the two research areas. Policies are ...
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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 |