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  Bioprospecting in Antarctica

  Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2005

  This report reviews bioprospecting activities in Antarctica to determine the nature and scope of existing Antarctic bioprospecting activities before considering similar activities in other regions.
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  Bioprospecting of genetic resources in the deep seabed: scientific, legal and policy aspects

  Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2005

  This study aims to provide a review of the scientific, legal and policy aspects related to bioprospecting in seabed areas beyond national jurisdiction.
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  Regulating bioprospecting: institutions for drug research, access and benefit-sharing

  United Nations University, 2005

  This policy brief summarises the main arguments and conclusions of a book by United Nations University Press, of the same title, which examines the regulation of bioprospecting for drug research from an interdisciplinary law and economics perspective.The book examines optimal property rights structures and institutional mechanisms for regulating bioprospecting for drug research.
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  Rhetoric, realism and benefit sharing: use of traditional knowledge of Hoodia species in the development of an appetite suppressant

  Biowatch South Africa, 2004

  This article reviews the case study of the Hoodia cactus and the access and benefit sharing agreement between CSIR and the San peoples.Species of the succulent plant Hoodia have long been used by the San and other groups in Southern Africa to stave off hunger and thirst.
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  Patents on genetic resources contradict "facilitated access"

  Berne Declaration, 2005

  This policy briefing was prepared for the third meeting of the working group on access and benefit-sharing (ABS) which took place in Bangkok on February 20, 2005.The brief examines the impact that intellectual property rights (IPRs) has on access to these genetic resources for local communities and indigenous peoples.
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  What is biopiracy?

  Institute of Education, University of London, 2004

  This paper seeks to shed some light on the meaning of the term “biopiracy” and to consider what should be done about it, bearing in mind that agreement on what is and isn’t biopiracy, and how much of it there actually is, is lacking. The fact that patent claims in various countries may incorporate biological and genetic material within their scope combined with the belief - held by many develop