Essays about: "Benefit-sharing"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 27 essays containing the word Benefit-sharing.

1. 16. Local forest governance and benefit sharing from reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) : case study from Burkina Faso

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Suvi Kokko; [2010]
   Keywords : REDD; climate change; local governance; community forest management; benefit sharing;

   Abstract : Africa is one of the regions most affected by climate change. However its forests are important carbon sinks for the whole world, and if recognised as a global public good, could be conserved and contribute to green house gas emission reductions. READ MORE

3. 17. Involving forest-dependent communities in climate change mitigation : Obstacles and opportunities for successful implementation of a REDD mechanism in Babati District, Tanzania

   University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

   Author : Johan Enqvist; [2010]
   Keywords : deforestation; environmental policy-making; participatory forestry; rural development;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to identify how forest management in Tanzania can contribute to global climate change mitigation while improving livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. A mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is meant to slow increases of atmospheric CO2 while channelling funds to developing countries. READ MORE

4. 18. The Global Struggle over Genetic Resources

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Peter Gottschalk; [2009]
   Keywords : disclosure requirements; discourse analysis; Nagoya Roadmap; access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing ABS ; global environmental governance; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : ABS is the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the acronym for access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing, the legal-technical term designating the practice of collecting biological resources from nature. Rhetorically this practice is either designated as bio-prospecting or as biopiracy. READ MORE

5. 19. ProBenefit : Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Ecuadorian Amazon

   University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

   Author : Moa Cortobius Fredriksson; [2009]
   Keywords : Implementation of the CBD; Deliberative democracy; Power distribution; Indigenous participation; Genetic resources; Ecuadorian Amazon region; ProBenefit;

   Abstract : Legislation on benefit sharing dates back to 1992 and the commandment of the UNConvention on Biological Diversity, hence implementation still has few cases to fall back on(CBD, 1992). The case study of the project ProBenefit presented by the thesis highlights howlack of deliberation can undermine a democratic process. READ MORE

6. 20. Bio-cultural Rights, Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property : Interacting Regimes and Epicentres of Power

   University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

   Author : Magnus Ulaner; [2008]
   Keywords : Traditional knowledge; plant genetic resources; intellectual property rights; access and benefit sharing; regime interaction;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the struggle over rights to benefits and ownership of plant genetic resources and the global regime complex on the management of plant genetic resources, and how different regimes concerning these resources cooperate or stand in opposition to each other. Because of changes in US patent law and the establishment of TRIPS, patent claims over plant genetic resources has increased dramatically globally. READ MORE