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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Language: | English |
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School of Oriental and African Studies
2013-09-01
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Series: | Law, Environment and Development Journal |
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Online Access: | http://lead-journal.org/content/13241.pdf |