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Covering ABS : addressing the need for sectoral, geographical, legal, and international integration in the ABS regime : papers and studies of the ABS Project / Tomme Rosanne Young [editor] ; with contributions from François Bailet ... [et al.].

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Covering ABS : addressing the need for sectoral, geographical, legal, and international integration in the ABS regime : papers and studies of the ABS Project / Tomme Rosanne Young [editor] ; with contributions from François Bailet ... [et al.].
Publication
Gland, Switzerland : IUCN, in collaboration with IUCN Environmental Law Centre, Bonn, Germany, c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Young, Tomme R.
  • Bailet, François N., 1972-
  • IUCN--The World Conservation Union
  • IUCN Environmental Law Centre.
Description
xxi, 201 p.; 30 cm.
Series Statement
IUCN environmental policy and law paper ; no. 67/5 ABS series ; no. 5
Uniform Title
  • IUCN environmental policy and law paper. ABS series ; no. 5.
  • IUCN environmental policy and law paper ; no. 67.
Alternative Title
Papers and studies of the ABS Project
Subject
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (1992 June 5)
  • Germplasm resources > Law and legislation
  • Germplasm resources conservation > Law and legislation
  • Biodiversity conservation > Law and legislation
  • Germplasm resources conservation > Law and legislation
  • Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : identifying what is needed to enable creation and functionality of the international ABS regime -- The ecological significance of seamounts : threats and conservation / Sarah Patton and François Bailet -- Raising the floor : legal issues regarding the biological richness of the area (an initial inquiry) / Bernard Blažkiewicz and Tomme R. Young -- SADC : access to genetic resources, and sharing the benefits of their use - international and sub-regional issues / Nyasha Chishakwe -- Biodiversity access and benefit sharing in arid countries and those with low diversity and high endemism / Rachel Wynberg -- Two case studies in Africa / Amidou Garané -- The human rights implications of access to genetic resources and the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their utilization / Annalisa Savaresi -- Summary analysis : legal certainty for users of genetic resources under existing ABS legislation and policy / Tomme Rosanne Young -- Analysis of claims of 'unauthorized access and misappropriation of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge' -- Administrative and judicial remedies available in countries with users under their jurisdiction in international agreements / Tomme Rosanne Young -- Final thoughts : critical areas for further work.
ISBN
  • 9782831709833
  • 2831709830
LCCN
^^2009472411
OCLC
  • 311761600
  • SCSB-10002943
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