"How do we promote global economic development, while simultaneously preserving local biological and cultural diversity? This authoritative volume, written by leading legal experts and biological and social scientists from around the world, aims to address this question in all of its complexity. The first part of the book focuses on biodiversity and examines what we are losing, why and what is to be done. The second part addresses biotechnology and looks at whether it is part of the solution or part of the problem, or perhaps both. The third section examines traditional knowledge, explains what it is and how, if at all, it should be protected. The fourth and final part looks at ethnobotany and bioprospecting and offers practical lessons from the vast and diverse experiences of the contributors"--EBL.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
I. Biodiversity: What are We Losing and Why - And What is to be Done? II. Biotechnology: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem - Or Both? III. Traditional Knowledge: What Is It and How, If At All, Should It Be Protected? IV. Ethnobotany and Bioprospecting: Thinking Grobally, Acting Locally.
Biodiversity, biotechnology and traditional knowledge protection : law, science and practice / Charles R. McManis The epic of evolution and the problem of biodiversity loss / Peter Raven Naturalizing morality / Ursula Goodenough Across the apocalypse on horseback : biodiversity loss and the law / Jim Chen Impact of the convention on biological diversity : the lessons of ten years of experience with models for equitable sharing of benefits / James S. Miller Biodiversity, botanical institutions and benefit sharing : comments on the impact of the convention on biological diversity / Kate Davis The link between biodiversity and sustainable development : lessons from INBio's bioprospecting programme in Costa Rica / Rodrigo Gámez On biocultural diversity from a Venezuelan perspective : tracing the interrelationships among biodiversity, culture change and legal reforms / Stanford Zent and Egleé L. Zent From the 'tragedy of the commons' to the 'tragedy of the commonplace' : analysis and synthesis through the lens of economic theory / Joseph Henry Vogel.