02225 a2200301 4500 1853836982 20250317100352.0 250312042002GB eng 9781853836985 Taylor & Francis GBP 61.99 BB 01 eng JP thema RNCB thema LBB thema JP bic RNCB bic LBB bic NAT010000 bisac NAT011000 bisac 333.95 bisac Sarah A. Laird Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge Equitable Partnerships in Practice 1 Oxford Routledge 20020201 546 p Biodiversity research and prospecting are long-standing activities taking place in a new legal and ethical environment. Following entry into force of the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1993, and other recent policy developments, expectations and obligations for research and prospecting partnerships have changed. However, to date there are few guides to integrating these concepts with practice. This book offers practical guidance on how to arrive at equitable biodiversity research and prospecting partnerships. Drawing on experience and lessons learned from around the world, it provides case studies, analysis and recommendations in a range of areas that together form a new framework for creating equity in these partnerships. They include researcher codes of ethics, institutional policies, community research agreements, the design of more effective commercial partnerships and biodiversity prospecting contracts, the drafting and implementation of national 'access and benefit-sharing' laws, and institutional tools for the distribution of financial benefits. As part of the People and Plants initiative to enhance the role of communities in efforts to conserve biodiversity and use natural resources sustainably, Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge will be invaluable to students, researchers and local communities, academic institutions, international agencies, government bodies and companies involved in biodiversity research, prospecting and conservation. 268 268