Genetic resources, traditional knowledge, and the law solutions for access and benefit sharing
By: edited by Evanson C. Kamau and Gerd Winter.
Contributors: Kamau, Evanson C.; Winter, Gerd.
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9781844077939
Subjects: Biotechnology -- Law and legislation; Biotechnology -- Patents; Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc; Biotechnology -- International cooperation; Transgenic organisms
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Access to genetic resources and benefit sharing : underlying concepts and the idea of justice / Peter-Tobias Stoll; title: Towards regional common pools of genetic resources. improving the effectiveness and justice of access and benefit sharing / Gerd Winter; title: The diversity of principles underlying the concept of benefit-sharing / Bram De Jonge, Niels Louwaars; title: ABS in relation to marine genetic resources / Alexander Proelss; title: Potential of traditional knowledge for conventional therapy : prospects and limits / Jack K. Githae; title: Setting protection of traditional knowledge to rights : placing human rights and customary law at the heart of traditional knowledge governance / Brendan Tobin; title: A socio-legal inquiry into the protection of disseminated traditional knowledge : learning from Brazilian cases / John B. Kleba; title: Protecting traditional knowledge amid disseminated knowledge : a new task for ABS regimes : a Kenyan legal view / Evanson C. Kamau; title: The law making process of access and benefit sharing regulations : the case of Kenya / Anne Angwenyi; title: Brazil's experience in implementing its ABS regime : suggestions for reform and the relationship with the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (ITPGR) / Juliana Santilli; title: Finding a path through the ABS maze : challenges of regulating access and ensuring fair benefit-sharing in South Africa / Rachel Wynberg and Mandy Taylor; title: The process of legislation on ABS in China : a new long march / Tianbao Qin; title: The role of INBio in the use of biodiversity for sustainable development : forming bioprospecting partnership / Jorge M. Cabrera; title: Australian ABS law and administration : a model law and approach / Geoff Burton; title: Prior informed consent in access to traditional knowledge in Brazil / Sandra A.K. Kishi; title: Design and functions of data bases on traditional knowledge : the case of venezuela / María J.O. Jiménez; title: Biopiracy or fallacy : identifying real biopiracy cases in ecuador / Monica Ribadeneira Sarmiento; title: Sharing the benefits of using traditionally cultured genetic resources fairly / Christiane Gerstetter; title: Streamlining access procedures and standards / Evanson C. Kamau and Gerd Winter; title: Capacity development in a changing world : three years of the ABS capacity development initiative for Africa : achievements and perspectives / Peter Munyi ... [et al.]; title: Disclosure requirement : a critical appraisal / Evanson C. Kamau; title: Enforcement of benefit sharing duties in user countries' courts / Christine Godt; title: Enforcement of ABS agreements in user states / Hiroji Isozaki.