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Biodiversity prospecting : using genetic resources for sustainable development / Walter V. Reid ... [et al.]. - [Washington, D.C.] : [Santo Domingo, Heredia] : [New York, N.Y.] : [Nairobi] : World Resources Institute (WRI), USA ; Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Costa Rica ; Rainforest Alliance, USA ; African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya, 1993.
ix, 341 p. ; 23 cm. "A Contribution to the WRI/IUCN/UNEP Global biodiversity strategy." "A World Resources Institute book"--P. [1] of cover. Content notes : I. A new lease on life / Walter V. Reid ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Annex 2. Biodiversity prospecting contract / David Downes ... [et al.] -- Annex 3. The Convention on Biological Diversity and intellectual property rights / Michael A. Gollin -- Annex 4. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. 0915825899 9780915825899 * Biodiversity conservation. Sustainable development. Germplasm resources. Política ambiental. Medio ambiente, Protección del. Biodiversité - Conservation. Développement durable. Ressources génétiques. Diversité biologique. Développement durable. * Reid, Walter V., * Title