Contracting for ABS: The Legal and Scientific Implications of Bioprospecting Contracts

ABS Series No. 4

Shakeel Bhatti, Santiago Carrizosa, Patrick McGuire, Tomme Young, Editors

Cover design by:
magoodesign • Markus Kahlenberg

Cover image by:
Beverly Lorenc

DOI: 10.2305./IUCN.CH.2009.EPLP.67/4.en
ISBN: 978-2-8317-0982-6

IUCN Enviornmental Policy and Law Paper No. 67.4


Layout by: ceterum printdesign – Dieter Müller, 53340 Meckenheim, Germany

Produced by: IUCN Environmental Law Centre


 Index

Information for this Title

Foreword

Series Editor's Preface

About the Series

Acknowledgements

Acronyms and Short Names

Introduction: Inquiring into the Legal and Scientific Implications of Bioprospecting Contracts

Part I

   ABS Contracts and Contract Law

   1 A Contractual View of ABS

   2 Applying Contract Law to ABS

   3 Contract Provisions and Experience

   Glossary for Part I

   References and Bibliography for Part I

Part II

   4 Science, Technology, and the Renaissance of Bioprospecting: A Comparative Analysis

   5 Research Collaborative Agreements and Bioprospecting in Costa Rica: Scientific, Technological and Legal Impacts

   6 Access Issues Related to the USA National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Natural Products Drug Discovery and Development Program

   7 Biodiscovery Research in Panama: Linking Science, Technology, Human Health, and Conservation in the Host-Country Context

Publications of the ABS Project