Rooibos underpins a well-established tea industry and was central to a much-lauded benefit-sharing agreement with Indigenous San and Khoi communities. We argue, however, that ABS as a model not only fails to challenge the engrained powers of state, capital, race and patriarchy, but even ...
1 benefit-sharing was established by the CBD in 1992 in order to provide biodiversity-rich countries and communities with the incentives and financial support for
Contextualizing 'Fair' and 'Equitable': The San's Reflections on the Hoodia Benefit-Sharing Agreement The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) demands equitable benefit-sharing from the use of biodiversity, but it falls short of defining fairness or equity. The Hoodia, a traditional medicinal ...
Apart from promoting trade and development, China has been actively addressing global issues, including the Paris Agreement, the Iranian nuclear program, the Syrian crisis and the Korean Peninsula issue.China has also left an indelible mark on the world through its peacekeeping missions and efforts ...
States that endorse the common heritage of humankind law have to agree with its accompanied benefit sharing regulation. This also applies to the CBD regulation on the use of non-human genetic resources. The CBD is even more stringent as it has a separate binding agreement on benefit sharing (...
In global bioethics, the concept benefit sharing refers to the promotion of equitable access to and the sharing of benefits derived from scientific and technological progress, with a focus on facilitating the transfer of benefits from developed to developing countries and communities. This entry focuse...
In global bioethics, the concept benefit sharing refers to the promotion of equitable access to and the sharing of benefits derived from scientific and technological progress, with a focus on facilitating the transfer of benefits from developed to develo
(COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was a new international agreement: a new protocol to the Convention, setting out rules and procedures for implementing its third objective: "the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources...
Importance of local participation in achieving equity in benefit-sharing mechanisms for REDD+: a case study from the Juma Sustainable Development Reserve pReducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) in tropical countries is now a critical piece of any international agreement that aims...
Define Benefit Options. means any of the optional benefit choices selected by Employer as being available to its Employees, as described in the Adoption Agreement, SPD, the Employer’s employee handbook, enrollment materials, or other documents describin