Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge

Equitable Partnerships in Practice

Sarah A. Laird, Sarah A Laird

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2010
• eBook ISBN: 9781136534591
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Conservation & Protection
• Index: Biological Sciences

Biodiversity 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.

Index

Page numbers in italics refer to boxes, figures and tables

AAA (American Anthropological Association)

code of ethics 10, 24, 25–26, 33, 151, 191–192

Resolution on Freedom of Publication (AAA, 1948) 87

ABS (access and benefit-sharing) xxiii, xxix, 13, 17, 185

CBD provisions (Convention on Biological Diversity) 164, 186, 363, 364–368, 364, 417, 418

corporate policies 280–283, 281

and IPRs (intellectual property rights) 378–385, 382–383, 384–385

monitoring and enforcement of agreements 243

protected areas 170–171, 172

South African policy-planning process 389, 390–391

see also ABS (access and benefit-sharing) legislation; access; access legislation; benefit-sharing

ABS (access and benefit-sharing) legislation xxx–xxxi, xxxv, 285, 289–290, 375, 400, 414

access determination 402–404

Biodiversity Law (1998, Costa Rica) 393–396

development guidelines 385–392

enforcement 404

federal systems 371, 377

impact on research activities 13–14, 410–411

industry reactions 372–374

Malaysia 377–378

Philippines 404–413, 421

and PIC (prior informed consent) 421

potential elements 396–404

see also access legislation; legislation

academic advancement criteria 14, 124, 417–418

academic research 13

distinction from commercial research xxxi, 41–50, 42–49, 54, 134–164, 205

policies 41–54, 42–49

specialization 14

academic traditions, publication 77–78, 88, 92...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of figures, tables and boxes
• List of case studies
• List of contributors
• About the authors
• The People and Plants Initiative by Alan Hamilton
• Foreword
• Introduction
• People and Plants partners
• Acknowledgements
• Section I: Biodiversity research relationships
• Section II: Biodiversity research and prospecting in protected areas
• Section III: Community relationships with researchers
• Section IV: The commercial use of biodiversity and traditional knowledge
• Section V: National policy context
• Section VI: Conclusions and recommendations
• Directory of useful contacts and resources
• Contributors’ contact information
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Glossary
• References
• Index