South Africa's Experience in Developing a Policy on Biodiversity and Access to Genetic Resources
Author: Rachel Wynberg
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 51
ISBN-13: 1904035949
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Publisher: IIED
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 51
ISBN-13: 1904035949
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Krystyna Swiderska
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1843692147
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kent Nnadozie
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781585760688
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kent Nnadozie
Publisher: Environmental Law Institute
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781585760688
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Evanson C. Kamau
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009-09-02
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 1136574425
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The need to regulate access to genetic resources and ensure a fair and equitable sharing of any resulting benefits was at the core of the development of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The CBD established a series of principles and requirements around access and benefit sharing (ABS) in order to increase transparency and equity in the international flow of genetic resources, yet few countries have been able to effectively implement them and ABS negotiations are often paralysed by differing interests. This book not only examines these complex challenges, but offers workable, policy-oriented solutions. International contributors cover theoretical approaches, new significant national legislation, the concept of traditional knowledge, provider and user country measures and common solutions. Exploring specific, salient examples from across the globe, the authors provide lessons for national regulation and the ongoing negotiations for an international ABS regime. Uniquely, this book also looks at the potential for 'horizontal' development of ABS law and policy, applying lessons from bilateral approaches to other national contexts.
Author: Krystyna Swiderska
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 39
ISBN-13: 1904035973
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: R. V. Anuradha
Publisher: IIED
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 59
ISBN-13: 1904035965
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Publisher: Bioversity International
Published:
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9290437219
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Christo Fabricius
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-01-11
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1136558047
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is an approach that offers multiple related benefits: securing rural livelihoods; ensuring careful conservation and management of biodiversity and other resources; and empowering communities to manage these resources sustainably. Recently, however, the CBNRM concept has attracted criticism for failing in its promise of delivering significant local improvements and conserving biodiversity in some contexts. This book identifies the flaws in its application, which often have been swept under the carpet by those involved in the initiatives. The authors analyse them, and propose remedies for specific circumstances based on the lessons learned from CBNRM experience in southern Africa over more than a decade. The result is essential reading for all researchers, observers and practitioners who have focused on CBNRM in sustainable development programmes as a means to overcome poverty and conserve ecosystems in various parts of the globe. It is a vital tool in improving their methods and performance. In addition, academics, students and policy-makers in natural resource management, resource economics, resource governance and rural development will find it a very valuable and instructive resource.