Genetic Resources as Natural Information: Implications for the Convention on Biological Diversity and Nagoya Protocol

ISBN-13: 9780815378952 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 138 str.

Manuel (Peruvian Society for Environmental Law Ruiz Muller

Opis

Through a legal analysis that also incorporates historic, economic and sociological perspectives, the book argues that genetic resources are not tangible resources but information. It shows that the existing preference for bilateralism and contracts reflects resistance on the part of many of the stakeholders involved in the Convention on Biological Diversity process to recognize them as such.

Spis treści

Foreword: "On the Silver Jubilee of ‘Intellectual Property and Information Markets: Preliminaries to a New Conservation Policy’"  Joseph Henry Vogel  Introduction  1. The Relevant Nature of Genetic Resources: "Normal Science" Becomes "Paradigm Shift"  2. Regulatory Trends in ABS: Secrecy as the Enabler of the Bilateral Model  3. Sovereignty over Genetic Resources: The First Twenty Years of ABS  4. Resistance to Correction  5. "Bounded Openness" as Fair, Equitable and Efficient: The Path to a Global Multilateral Benefit Sharing Mechanism  6. Conclusions and Recommendations  Case Study I: Epipedobates anthonyi under "Bounded Openness"  Klaus Angerer  Case Study II: Lepidium meyeni under "Bounded Openness"  Omar Oduardo-Sierra

O autorze

Manuel Ruiz Muller is Director of the Program of International Affairs and Biodiversity at the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA), Lima, Peru. He is also Coordinator of the International Environmental Law course in the Environmental Law and Natural Resources Diploma at the Catholic University, Peru.