The Custodians of Biodiversity

Sharing Access to and Benefits of Genetic Resources
Herausgeber: Ruiz, Manuel; Vernooy, Ronnie

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9781849714518
• ISBN-10: 1849714517
• Artikelnr.: 33825793

Autorenporträt

Manuel Ruiz is Director of the Program of International Affairs and Biodiversity of the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA). Ronnie Vernooy is an independent consultant and was a program officer at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, from 1992 until 2010.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Global Debate 1. Introduction: Widening the Horizon 2. The
Policy and Legal Context for Access and Benefit Sharing. 3. A Brief Review
of Recent Access and Benefit Sharing Initiatives Part 2: Practical
Experiences from Around the World 4. Introducing the Case Studies: Access
and Benefit Sharing in Practice 5. Peru: Seeking Benefit Sharing Through a
Defensive Approach: The Experience of the National Commission for the
Prevention of Biopiracy 6. Syria: Participatory Barley Breeding: Farmers'
Input becomes Everyone's Gain 7. Jordan: In Search of New Benefit-Sharing
Practices through Participatory Plant Breeding 8. Honduras: Rights of
Farmers and Breeders Rights in the New Globalizing Context 9. China:
Designing Policies and Laws to Ensure Fair Access and Benefit Sharing of
Genetic Resources and Participatory Plant Breeding Products 10. Cuba: The
Benefits of Participation: Strengthening Local Seed Systems 11. Nepal:
Innovative Mechanisms for Putting Farmers' Rights into Practice 12.
Conclusions: Race to the Bottom Versus Slow Walk to the Top. Epilogue:
Architecture by Committee and the Conceptual Integrity of the Nagoya
Protocol