|
|
|
PDF
|
|
Type:
|
Conference Paper |
|
Author:
|
Svarstad, Hanne |
|
Conference:
|
Reinventing the Commons, the Fifth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property |
|
Location:
|
Bodoe, Norway |
|
Conf. Date:
|
May 24-28, 1995 |
|
Date:
|
1995 |
|
URI:
|
https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5599
|
|
Sector:
|
General & Multiple Resources |
|
Region:
|
|
|
Subject(s):
|
common pool resources
indigenous knowledge
biodiversity
|
|
Abstract:
|
"These questions are subject to discussions and negotiations in a number of international fora. Until recently, genetic resources have been considered as the 'common heritage of mankind'. Everybody has had the right to access and utilization, and nobody has had the right to receive payment for the collection and use by other actors. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) introduces a new regime based on national sovereignty over the genetic resources which more or less can be considered as primary commodities. The CBD is yet to be implemented. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies and research institutes are initiating ways of sharing benefits with the national and local providers of medicinal plants. The paper examines how two of these actors arrange for the sharing of benefits. Their designs of interaction models, including their choice of source country participants, are essential for how the benefits are to be shared. The paper also discusses implications of these models for the management of biodiversity in the source countries."
|