Biodiversity prospecting : using genetic resources for sustainable development /

• Corporate Authors: World Resources Institute. WRI‏, Rainforest Alliance, USA, African Centre for Technology Studies. ACTS‏, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad. INBio‏ (Costa Rica)‏
• Other Authors: Laird, Sarah A., Meyer, Carrie Anne, Gámez, Rodrigo, Janzen, Daniel Hunt‏, Gollin, Michael A., Juma, Calestous, Sittenfeld, Ana, Reid, Walter V. C., 1956-
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Resources Institute (WRI) ; 1993.
• Subjects: CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS; BIOLOGIA; CONSERVACION DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD; DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE; RECURSOS GENETICOS; CONSERVACION DE LA NATURALEZA; BIODIVERSIDAD

Table of Contents:

• I. A new lease on life / Walter V. Reid [and others]
• II. Costa Rica's conservation program and national biodiversity institute (INBio) / Rodrigo Gámez .. [et al.]
• III. Biodiversity prospecting by INBio / Ana Sittenfeld and Rodrigo Gámez
• IV. Contracts for biodiversity prospecting / Sarah A. Laird
• V. Research management policies : permits for collecting and research in the tropics / Daniel H. Janzen [and others]
• VI. An intellectual property rights framework for biodiversity prospecting / Michael A. Gollin
• VII. Policy options for scientific and technological capacity-building / Calestous Juma with the assistance of Bernard Sihanya
• Annex 1. The role of the parataxonomists, inventory managers, and taxonomists in Costa Rica's national biodiversity inventory / Daniel H. Janzen [and others]
• Annex 2. Biodiversity prospecting contract / David Downes [and others]
• Annex 3. The Convention on Biological Diversity and intellectual property rights / Michael A. Gollin
• Annex 4. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.