Biocultural Community Protocols: Dialogues on the Space Within

摘要: The international legal landscape on rights of indigenous peoples is gathering momentum around the protection their traditional knowledge and genetic resources. This simultaneously engendering complementary trajectories in national law policy, with terms like ‘access benefit sharing’ ‘sui generis’ knowledge. While these laws attempt to identify rights-holders, define procedures for engagement outline parameters what balanced, fair equitable they also need be reconciled role relationship communities respect lands Genuine has been difficult lawmakers businesses understanding community resources from a purely economic point view. article identifies lessons best practice approach Ethical BioTrade using biocultural protocols as way deal this challenge.