Biodiversity and the Law: Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Traditional Knowledge

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List of figures and tables -- List of chapter authors and conference participants -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Ch. 1. Biodiversity, biotechnology and traditional knowledge protection: law, science and practice / Charles R. McManis -- Pt. I. Biodiversity: what are we losing and why and what is to be done? -- Ch. 2. The epic of evolution and the problem of biodiversity loss / Peter Raven -- Ch. 3. Naturalizing morality / Ursula Goodenough -- Ch. 4. Across the apocalypse on horseback: biodiversity loss and the law / Jim Chen -- Ch. 5. Impact of the Convention on Biological Diversity: the lessons of ten years of experience with models for equitable sharing of benefits / James S. Miller -- Ch. 6. Biodiversity, botanical institutions and benefit sharing: comments on the impact of the convention on biological diversity / Kate Davis -- Ch. 7. The link between biodiversity and sustainable development: lessons from INBio's Bioprospecting Programme in Costa Rica / Rodrigo Gámez -- Ch. 8. On biocultural diversity from a Venezuelan perspective: tracing the interrelationships among biodiversity, culture change and legal reforms / Stanford Zent and Egleé L. Zent -- Ch. 9. From the 'tragedy of the commons' to the 'tragedy of the commonplace': analysis and synthesis through the lens of economic theory / Joseph Henry Vogel -- Pt. II. Biotechnology: part of the solution or part of the problem or both? -- Ch. 10. Biodiversity, biotechnology and the environment / Barbara A. Schaal -- Ch. 11. Principles governing the long-run risks, benefits and costs of agricultural biotechnology / Charles Benbrook -- Ch. 12. Costa Rica: biodiversity and biotechnology at the crossroads / Ana Sittenfeld and Ana M. Espinoza -- Ch. 13. Biotechnology for sustainable agricultural development in Africa: opportunities and challenges / Florence Wambugu -- Ch. 14. Biotechnology: public-private partnerships and intellectual property rights in the context of developing countries / Gurdev S. Khush -- Ch. 15. Agricultural biotechnology and developing countries: the Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA) / Sara Boettiger and Karel Schubert -- Ch. 16. Commentary on agricultural biotechnology / Lawrence Busch -- Ch. 17. The birth and death of traditional knowledge: paradoxical effects of biotechnology in India / Glenn Davis Stone -- Pt. III. Traditional knowledge: what is it and how, if at all, should it be protected? -- Ch. 18. From the shaman's hut to the patent office: a road under construction / Nuno Pires de Carvalho -- Ch. 19. Traditional knowledge: lessons from the past, lessons for the future / Michael J. Balick -- Ch. 20. The demise of 'common heritage' and protection for traditional agricultural knowledge / Stephen B. Brush -- Ch. 21. Traditional knowledge protection in the African region / Rabodo Andriantsiferana -- Ch. 22. The conundrum of creativity, compensation and conservation in India: how can intellectual property rights help grass-roots innovators and traditional knowledge holders? / Anil K. Gupta -- Ch. 23. Holder and user perspectives in the traditional knowledge debate: a European view / Geertrui Van Overwalle -- Pt. IV. Ethnobotany and bioprospecting: thinking globally, acting locally -- Ch. 24. Politics, culture and governance in the development of prior informed consent and negotiated agreements with indigenous communities / Joshua Rosenthal -- Ch. 25. Ethics and practice in ethnobiology: analysis of the International Cooperative Biodiversity Group Project in Peru / Walter H. Lewis and Veena Ramani -- Ch. 26. Ethics and practice in ethnobiology: the experience of the San peoples of southern Africa / Roger Chennells -- Ch. 27. Commentary on biodiversity, biotechnology and traditional knowledge protection: a private-sector perspective / Steven R. King -- Ch. 28. Answering the call: Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisers (PIIPA) / Michael A. Gollin -- Ch. 29. Answering the call: the Intellectual Property and Business Formation Legal Clinic at Washington University / Charles R. McManis -- Index

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