Towards a Fair and Equitable ABS Regime: Is Nagoya Leading us in the Right Direction?

A historical overview of the concept of Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) suggests that ABS is all about compensation, i.e. a benefit sharing mechanism that provides one with compensation for allowing access to one’s resources. The principles of entitlement (based on sovereign rights) and desert (bas...

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Main Author: Bram De Jonge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: School of Oriental and African Studies 2013-09-01
Series:Law, Environment and Development Journal
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Online Access:http://lead-journal.org/content/13241.pdf