Title Biodiversity, genetic resources and intellectual property : developments in access and benefit sharing / edited by Charles Lawson and Kamalesh Adhikari

Published New York : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge research in intellectual property Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Biodiversity, genetic resources and intellectual property; 2. Reconceptualising access: moving beyond the limits of international biodiversity laws; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 How did access emerge as a concern?; 2.3 How is access perceived?; 2.4 How to reconceptualise access?; 2.5 Conclusions; 3. Aligning means and ends to benefit Indigenous Peoples under the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol 4. Banking on a patent solution for sharing Antarcticaâ#x80;#x99;s ex situ genetic resources4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The framework governing Antarctic genetic resources; 4.3 Gap in regulating ex situ resources â#x80;#x93; the tip of the iceberg; 4.4 The tidal wave of applicable ABS-related instruments; 4.5 A patent solution for regulating Antarcticaâ#x80;#x99;s ex situ resources; 4.6 Conclusion; 5. Nomenclature as a standardised metadata system for ordering and accessing information about plants; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The evolving naming practices; 5.3 The current codes; 5.4 Alternative code proposals 5.5 Discussion and conclusions6. Free prior informed consent â#x80;#x93; mere politics or meaningful change?; Introduction; A rationale for managing policy risk; Relevant principles and instruments; Australiaâ#x80;#x99;s legal position â#x80;#x93; informed consent and biological resources; Costs, risks and Indigenous engagement; Public policy failure and spill over risks; Making engagement requirements reliable?; Failures of obligatory engagement; Systematic evaluation of the risks; 7. The Trans-Pacific Partnership and sustainable development: access to genetic resources, informed consent, and benefit sharing 7.1 Introduction7.2 The TPP: Indigenous intellectual property, access to genetic resources and biodiversity; 7.3 The TPP: the environment, biodiversity and access to genetic resources; 7.4 The TPP, intellectual property and sustainable development; 7.5 Conclusion; 8. The limits of ABS laws: why Gumbi Gumbi and other bush foods and medicines need specific indigenous knowledge protections; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Methods, patents and â#x80;#x98;prior artâ#x80;#x99;: using public domain information and administrative processes to prevent biopiracy; 8.3 Gumbi Gumbi (Pittosporum angustifolium) 8.4 Soap Tree (Alphitonia excelsa) and Giant Water Lily (Nymphaea gigantea)8.5 Operationalisation of ABS laws: closing gaps and legal avoidance; 9. Reshaping the international access to genetic resources and benefit sharing process? Overcoming resistance to change and correction; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The status of ABS regimes around the world: a rapid assessment; 9.3 The problems and challenges: is another approach to ABS neededand what might it look like?; 9.4 Resistance to correction and change by decision makers and practitioners in ABS; 9.5 Conclusions Summary Addresses current issues arising from recent developments in the enduring and topical debates about managing genetic resources through the ABS regime. The book explores key historical, doctrinal, and theoretical issues in the field, at the same time developing new ideas and perspectives around ABS. It shows the latest state of knowledge and will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students in the fields of intellectual property, governance, biodiversity and conservation, sustainable development, and agriculture, Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Biodiversity conservation -- Law and legislation. Germplasm resources conservation -- Law and legislation. Intellectual property. Intellectual Property intellectual property. LAW -- Military. Biodiversity conservation -- Law and legislation Germplasm resources conservation -- Law and legislation Intellectual property Form Electronic book Author Lawson, Charles, editor Adhikari, Kamalesh, editor ISBN 9781351580342 1351580345 9781315098517 1315098512

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