Essays about: "Benefit-sharing"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 27 essays containing the word Benefit-sharing.

  1. 6. Opening a new epoch of global ocean governance : a challenge for just benefit-sharing from the marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Aya Kasahara; [2018]
    Keywords : ocean governance; benefit-sharing; environmental justice; norms; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The new legal framework for marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) will be formally developed under the United Nations due to demands to fill a legal gap addressing BBNJ loss and justly sharing benefits from BBNJ. Since there is no global legal framework for BBNJ even though related agreements exist (i.e. READ MORE

  3. 7. Fair and Equitable Participation? : A case study of access and benefit sharing processes in India and Samoa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lizzie Örn Sagrelius; [2016]
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    Abstract : The third main objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity aims to guarantee that the process of using traditional knowledge in research and development of new products is fair and equitable. The framework put in place for implementing this third objective, access and benefit sharing, is supposed to enable and ensure the participation of traditional knowledge holders. READ MORE

  4. 8. Plant, where are thou from? - an analysis of the disclosure requirement of origin of genetic resources in patent applications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Emina Cehaja; [2016]
    Keywords : Förmögenhetsrätt; Immaterialrätt; Property Law; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Rights; the TRIPS Agreement; the Convention on Biological Diversity; Genetic Resources; Disclosure requirement; Patent applications; Patent; Patent law; Access and benefit sharing; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In the last decades one of the main topics in the international intellectual property forum has been the biopiracy issue. Genetic resources and traditional knowledge from developing nations are being misappropriated (i.e. biopiracy), by commercial actors in order to receive patent protection. READ MORE

  5. 9. Access and Benefit-sharing for farmers in developing countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ola Vinnerljung; [2014]
    Keywords : Access and Benefit-sharing; Folkrätt; Immaterialrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations uppskattar att så många som 840 miljoner människor är undernärda, de flesta av dem människor i utvecklingsländer. Samtidigt försöker många parter förbättra och skapa nya växtsorter som ger större skördar, ökade näringsvärden, och andra fördelaktiga egenskaper. READ MORE

  6. 10. Pockets of Hope, Pockets of Power. Exploring the potential of benefit-sharing mechanisms to reduce water conflicts in the Coello watershed

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Andreea Cristina Nowak; [2013]
    Keywords : watershed management; power; political ecology; new institutionalism; benefit-sharing mechanisms; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Watersheds are patchy landscapes, hard to understand and deal with. Previous scholarship investigated various institutional arrangements to tackle classical problems related to the overuse, misuse and mismanagement of water resources. READ MORE