Biodiversity prospecting : [electronic resource] using genetic resources for sustainable development / Walter V. Reid ... [et al.].

"A Contribution to the WRI/IUCN/UNEP Global biodiversity strategy."

"A World Resources Institute book"--P. [1] of cover.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.