ABSTRACT
National implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) provisions has yielded enough challenges for providers and users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge alike. The Nagoya Protocal brings novel ideas for resolving the challenges plaguing the Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS) process in general and non-commercial research in particular. This is one of the first books to address research cooperation and facilitated access for non-commercial biodiversity research. It uniquely offers concrete and practicable solutions based on experiences of researchers and administrative officials with ABS, and on the interpretation of the Nagoya Protocol on how free and lively taxonomic research can be ensured while at the same time observing obligations of obtaining prior informed consent and sharing of benefits.
This book will be useful to students of International Environmental Law, International Biodiversity Law, Intellectual Property Law, Climate Law and Law of Indigenous Populations.
With foreword from Executive Secretary CBD, Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|66 pages
The international legal framework
part II|71 pages
Exemplary national legal frameworks
chapter 6|15 pages
Research on genetic resources and indigenous knowledge in the framework of the Kenyan ABS law
chapter 8|19 pages
Research on genetic resources in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
chapter 9|11 pages
Research on genetic resources in the framework of the Ecuadorian ABS law
part III|42 pages
Experiences of research projects for non-commercial purposes with ABS
chapter 11|6 pages
Experiences in accessing biological resources for non-commercial research
chapter 12|12 pages
Local scientist's experience with bioscience research authorization process in Kenya
part IV|158 pages
Good practice and legislative options