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Marine Genetic Resources, Access and Benefit Sharing : Legal and Biological Perspectives.
Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) has been promoted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim of combining biodiversity conservation goals with economic development. However, as this book shows, since its inception in 1992, implementation has encountered multiple...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; List of acronyms and abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Problems and objectives; 2. Factual background; Introduction; Marine biotechnology; Distribution of marine species; Conclusions; 3. Access and benefit sharing in the marine realm; Introduction; Sovereign rights and the common heritage of mankind; Sovereign rights over genetic resources; International instruments for activities on marine genetic resources; National regimes on management of marine genetic resources.
- Selected case studiesConclusions; 4. Weak points of the access and benefit sharing regime; Introduction; Injustice; Ineffectiveness; Hampering research and development; Conclusions; 5. Biological databases for improving the ABS system; Introduction; Bioinformatics; Tracing products to their source countries and monitoring users; Exemplary application of selected databases; Conclusions; 6. Conclusions; Notes; References; Index.