Common Pools of Genetic Resources: Equity and Innovation in International Biodiversity Law

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Evanson Chege Kamau Gerd Winter (University of Bremen, Germany)

Common Pools of Genetic Resources

Equity and Innovation in International Biodiversity Law

Evanson Chege Kamau, Gerd Winter (University of Bremen, Germany)

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English

Routledge
09 May 2013

Politics & government; Environmental economics; Jurisprudence & general issues; Environment law; Environmental science, engineering & technology

Series: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law

"The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) strives for the sustainable and equitable utilization of genetic resources, with the ultimate goal of conserving biodiversity. The CBD and the Nagoya Protocol which has since been elaborated suggest a bilateral model for access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits from their utilization. There is concern that the bilateral exchange ""genetic resource for benefit sharing"" could have disappointing results because providers are left out of the process of research and development, benefits are difficult to be traced to sources, and providers owning the same resource may complain of being excluded from benefit sharing. Thus, the CBD objective of full utilization and equitability may become flawed.

Common Pools of Genetic Resources: Equity and Innovation in International Biodiversity Law suggests common pools as a complementary approach to bilateralism. This is one of the first books to reply to a number of complex legal questions related to the interpretation and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol. Taking an inductive approach, it describes existing pools and analyzes how they are organized and how they perform in terms of joint R&D and benefit sharing. It presents case studies of the most characteristic types of common pools, provides suggestions for further developing existing pools to cope with the requirements of the CBD and NP and, at the same time uses the clauses these conventions contain to open up for commons approaches.

Written by a team of expert academics and practitioners in the field, this innovative book makes a timely and valuable contribution to academic and policy debates in international environmental law, international biodiversity law, intellectual property law, climate law and the law of indigenous populations."

Edited by: Evanson Chege Kamau, Gerd Winter (University of Bremen, Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9780415537674
ISBN 10: 0415537673
Series: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 09 May 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Evanson Chege Kamau is senior researcher of the Research Centre for European Environmental Law (FEU) at the University of Bremen. Professor Gerd Winter is Co-Director of the Research Centre for European Environmental Law (FEU) at the University of Bremen.