Access and benefit sharing
Subtitle: policy and legal implications for Papua New Guinea
By: report for the Papua New Guinea Institute of Biodiversity
Contributors: Papua New Guinea Institute of Biodiversity
Publisher: [Papua New Guinea Institute of Biodiversity?]
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Papua New Guinea
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Natural resources; Law and legislation; Biodiversity conservation; Germplasm resources conservation
Description: The interests and issues on Access Benefit Sharing in Papua New Guinea captured in this publication are envisioned to stir a whole array of socio-political and economic questions in Papua New Guinea. Some of the major issues have been highlighted in the different subject matters in the respective chapters and there is also an expectation that other local and national issues will emerge that have not been manifested to date. However, with this publication it is essential for developments in the Access Benefit Sharing to contribute in a positive way through an appropriate national policy and law to respond to Kwa's reminder: "The government has to make a serious commitment to its people and the environment through the reformation of the natural resources sector to comply with the constitutional directive. Successive governments have paid lip service to the development of a coherent system that will adequately cover the management of the natural resources for the benefit of the present and future generations. The time to act is now and not tomorrow.
Notes: Cover title.

"Much of the work that is contained here is an expansion of the work done by Dr. Eric L. Kwa (Biodiversity law and policy in Papua New Guinea) in 2004 for PINBio."--page iii.

Includes bibliographical references.