Genetic resources, traditional knowledge and the law : solutions for access and benefit sharing / edited by Evanson C. Kamau and Gerd Winter.

Genetic resources, traditional knowledge and the law : solutions for access and benefit sharing / edited by Evanson C. Kamau and Gerd Winter.

xxxiii, 494 pages ; 23 cm

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G 252 KAM.G

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, polic.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

London : Earthscan, 2009.

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