Biodiversity prospecting
Subtitle: using genetic resources for sustainable development
By: Walter V. Reid ... [et al.].
Contributors: Reid, Walter V., 1956-; World Resources Institute.; Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica); Rainforest Alliance.; African Centre for Technology Studies.
Publisher: World Resources Institute (WRI), USA; Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Costa Rica; Rainforest Alliance, USA; African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya
Published: 1993
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]; [Santo Domingo, Heredia]; [New York, N.Y.]; [Nairobi]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Biological diversity conservation.; Sustainable development.; Germplasm resources.
Other titles: Global biodiversity strategy.; Using genetic resources for sustainable development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Contribution to the WRI/IUCN/UNEP Global biodiversity strategy."
"A World Resources Institute book"--P. [1] of cover.
Table of contents: title: I. A new lease on life / Walter V. Reid ... [et al.]; title: II. Costa Rica's conservation program and national biodiversity institute (INBio) / Rodrigo Gámez .. [et al.]; title: III. Biodiversity prospecting by INBio / Ana Sittenfeld and Rodrigo Gámez; title: IV. Contracts for biodiversity prospecting / Sarah A. Laird; title: V. Research management policies : permits for collecting and research in the tropics / Daniel H. Janzen ... [et al.]; title: VI. An intellectual property rights framework for biodiversity prospecting / Michael A. Gollin; title: VII. Policy options for scientific and technological capacity-building / Calestous Juma with the assistance of Bernard Sihanya; title: Annex 1. The role of the parataxonomists, inventory managers, and taxonomists in Costa Rica's national biodiversity inventory / Daniel H. Janzen ... [et al.]; title: Annex 2. Biodiversity prospecting contract / David Downes ... [et al.]; title: Annex 3. The Convention on Biological Diversity and intellectual property rights / Michael A. Gollin; title: Annex 4. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.