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Elements for Legislation in User Countries to Meet the Fair and Equitable Benefit‐Sharing Commitment
Author(s) -
Tvedt Morten Walløe
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of world intellectual property
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1747-1796
pISSN - 1422-2213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1422-2213.2006.00274.x
Subject(s) - convention on biological diversity , lagging , legislation , diversity (politics) , convention , genetic resources , focus (optics) , business , point (geometry) , law and economics , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , political science , economics , law , biodiversity , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , medicine , physics , geometry , mathematics , optics , pathology , biology
The third objective of the Convention on the Biological Diversity, the fair and equitable benifit sharing of the use of genetic resources, is lagging behind at the implementation phase. Very few countries have taken effective measures to promote sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources. This article offers some suggestions as to why this is the case and poses a number of questions that need to be dealt with before such a system can be in place. It develops the concept of genetic resources and suggests that the focus need to be at the successful end uses of genetic material rather than at the point in time when genetic material is found in the nature.