Contents : 1. A new lease on life; 2. Costa Rica's conservation program and national biodiversity institute (INBio); 3. Biodiversity prospecting by INBio; 4. Contracts for biodiversity prospecting; 5. Research management policies : permits for collecting and research in the tropics; 6. An intellectual property rights framework for biodiversity prospecting; 7. Policy options for scientific and technological capacity- building; Annexes : 1. The role of the parataxonomists, inventory managers and taxonomists in Costa Rica's national biodiversity inventory; 2. Biodiversity prospecting contract; 3. The Convention on biological diversity and intellectual property rights; 4. The United Nations Convention on biological diversity;. "A Contribution to the WRI/IUCN/UNEP Global biodiversity strategy.". The text of 'The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity'; p. 303 -324. ¿7FA Contribution to the WRI/IUCN/UNEP Global biodiversity strategy.". Inclou bibliografia i índex. - Es una contribució a la: Global Biodiversity Strategy.
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I.A new lease on life / Walter V. Reid [and others] II. Costa Rica's conservation program and national biodiversity institute (INBio) / Rodrigo Gámez . [and others] III. Biodiversity prospecting by INBio / Ana Sittenfeld and Rodrigo Gámez IV. Contracts for biodiversity prospecting / Sarah A. Laird V. Research management policies : permits for collecting and research in the tropics / Daniel H. Janzen [and others] VI. An intellectual property rights framework for biodiversity prospecting / Michael A. Gollin VII. Policy options for scientific and technological capacity-building / Calestous Juma with the assistance of Bernard Sihanya Annex 1. The role of the parataxonomists, inventory managers, and taxonomists in Costa Rica's national biodiversity inventory / Daniel H. Janzen [and others] Annex 2. Biodiversity prospecting contract / David Downes [and others] Annex 3. The Convention on Biological Diversity and intellectual property rights / Michael A. Gollin Annex 4. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.