Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Setting the scene; 2 Patents, PBRs and community rights in international forums; 3 Brief overview on community rights in selected national regulatory instruments; 4 Selected international and regional human-rights instruments and their provisions on community rights and IPRs; 5 Incursion in the 'bio-piracy' debate: Modern exploitation of the biodiversity components of developing countries and community rights; 6 Soft and regional undertakings aimed at community rights. 7 Broader framework of the suggested regulatory measures8 Applicability of the regulatory measures; 9 Final remarks; Appendix I: CITES permitting approach in brief; Appendix II: Laws, policies, professional and ethical codes and declarations; Appendix III: Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Considers the issue of biodiversity in developing countries in relation to intellectual-property rights, community rights and human rights. This book examines the access to PGRs and their utilizations in the contexts of scientific and commercial oriented activities pursued both in the source and user countries.