1st Edition
The Custodians of Biodiversity Sharing Access to and Benefits of Genetic Resources
224 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Globally, local and indigenous approaches to conserving biodiversity, crop improvement, and managing precious natural resources are under threat. Many communities have to deal with 'biopiracy,' for example. As well, existing laws are usually unsuitable for protecting indigenous and traditional knowledge and for recognizing collective rights, such as in cases of participatory plant breeding, where... Read more
Part 1: The Global Debate 1. Introduction: Widening the Horizon 2. The Policy and Legal Context for Access and Benefit Sharing. 3. A Brief Review of Recent Access and Benefit Sharing Initiatives Part 2: Practical Experiences from Around the World 4. Introducing the Case Studies: Access and Benefit Sharing in Practice 5. Peru: Seeking Benefit Sharing Through a Defensive Approach: The Experience of the National Commission for the Prevention of Biopiracy 6. Syria: Participatory Barley Breeding: Farmers’ Input becomes Everyone’s Gain 7. Jordan: In Search of New Benefit-Sharing Practices through Participatory Plant Breeding 8. Honduras: Rights of Farmers and Breeders Rights in the New Globalizing Context 9. China: Designing Policies and Laws to Ensure Fair Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources and Participatory Plant Breeding Products 10. Cuba: The Benefits of Participation: Strengthening Local Seed Systems 11. Nepal: Innovative Mechanisms for Putting Farmers’ Rights into Practice 12. Conclusions: Race to the Bottom Versus Slow Walk to the Top. Epilogue: Architecture by Committee and the Conceptual Integrity of the Nagoya Protocol
Biography
Manuel Ruiz is Director of the Program of International Affairs and Biodiversity of the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA).
Ronnie Vernooy is an independent consultant and was a program officer at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, from 1992 until 2010.
