Covering ABS
Subtitle: addressing the need for sectoral, geographical, legal, and international integration in the ABS regime : papers and studies of the ABS Project
By: Tomme Rosanne Young [editor] ; with contributions from François Bailet ... [et al.].
Contributors: Young, Tomme R.; Bailet, François N., 1972-; IUCN--The World Conservation Union.; IUCN Environmental Law Centre.
Series: ABS series -- no. 5; IUCN environmental policy and law paper -- no. 67/5; IUCN environmental policy and law paper -- no. 5.; IUCN environmental policy and law paper -- no. 67/5.
Publisher: IUCN, in collaboration with IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, Germany
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Gland, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9782831709833
Subjects: Convention on Biological Diversity -- (1992); Germplasm resources -- Law and legislation; Genetic resources conservation -- Law and legislation; Biodiversity conservation -- Law and legislation
Other titles: Papers and studies of the ABS Project
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : identifying what is needed to enable creation and functionality of the international ABS regime; title: The ecological significance of seamounts : threats and conservation / Sarah Patton and François Bailet; title: Raising the floor : legal issues regarding the biological richness of the area (an initial inquiry) / Bernard Blažkiewicz and Tomme R. Young; title: SADC : access to genetic resources, and sharing the benefits of their use - international and sub-regional issues / Nyasha Chishakwe; title: Biodiversity access and benefit sharing in arid countries and those with low diversity and high endemism / Rachel Wynberg; title: Two case studies in Africa / Amidou Garané; title: The human rights implications of access to genetic resources and the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their utilization / Annalisa Savaresi; title: Summary analysis : legal certainty for users of genetic resources under existing ABS legislation and policy / Tomme Rosanne Young; title: Analysis of claims of 'unauthorized access and misappropriation of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge'; title: Administrative and judicial remedies available in countries with users under their jurisdiction in international agreements / Tomme Rosanne Young; title: Final thoughts : critical areas for future work.