1st Edition

Protecting Biological Diversity The Effectiveness of Access and Benefit-sharing Regimes

By Carmen Richerzhagen Copyright 2010
266 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

266 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

During the last ten years the enormous global loss of biodiversity has received remarkable attention. Among the numerous approaches undertaken to stop or lessen this process, access and benefit-sharing (ABS), a market-based approach, has emerged as among the most prominent. In theory, ABS turns biodiversity and genetic resources from an open access good to a private good and creates a market for... Read more

1. Introduction  2. The Basic Principles of Genetic Resources as Regards ABS  3. The Economic Framework of the ABS Concept  4. The Effectiveness of ABS: Critical Factors and Measures Used to Address Them  5. Implementation of ABS Regulations in Provider and User Countries  6. Conclusions

Biography

Carmen Richerzhagen is environmental and agricultural economist at the Environmental Policy and Management of Natural Resources Department of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). She has several years of research experience in the field of environmental and resource economics and environmental policy in developing countries. Before she joined DIE, Carmen Richerzhagen worked at the University of Bonn and the United Nations University.