Implementing the Nagoya Protocol: Comparing Access and Benefit-Sharing Regimes in Europe

Brendan Coolsaet, Fulya Batur, Arianna Broggiato, John Pitseys, Tom Dedeurwaerdere

ISBN 10: 9004293205 / ISBN 13: 9789004293205

Published by Brill | Nijhoff, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol: Comparing Access and Benefit-Sharing Regimes in Europe
• Publisher: Brill | Nijhoff
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004293205
• ISBN 13: 9789004293205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2010 is a major landmark for the global governance of genetic resources and traditional knowledge. The way in which it will be translated into practice will however depend on the concrete implementation in national country legislation across the world.

Implementing the Nagoya Protocol compares existing ABS regimes in ten European countries, including one non-EU member and one EU candidate country, and critically explores several cross-cutting issues related to the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in the EU. Gathering some of the most professional and widely acclaimed experts in ABS issues, this book takes a major step towards filling a gap in the vast body of literature on national and regional implementation of global commitments regarding ABS and traditional knowledge.

About the Author

Brendan Coolsaet is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Philosophy of Law, UC Louvain (Belgium). He has (co-)authored a number of high-quality papers and reports on environmental governance and policy for public authorities such as the European Commission, the UK Parliament and the Belgian Government.

Fulya Batur holds an LL.B. in Law from the Université catholique de Louvain, and an LL.M in Public International Law from University College London. She is currently a PhD research fellow undertaking research on the institutional needs of agricultural biodiversity.

Arianna Broggiato is a free-lance legal consultant specialized in ABS and marine related issues. She recently finished a post-doctoral experience in law at the Université catholique de Louvain, in the research unit on Biodiversity Governance. She holds an LLM in Environmental Law and a PhD in International Law.

John Pitseys is a Research Fellow at the Centre de recherche et d’information socio-politiques (CRiSP). He graduated in Law and Philosophy at the Catholic University of Louvain and obtained a PhD in Philosophy at the Hoover Chair of Social and Economic Ethics (UCL).

Tom Dedeurwaerdere is the Director of the Biodiversity Governance Unit of the Centre for the Philosophy of Law, professor of philosophy of science at the Université catholique de Louvain and senior research associate at the National Research Foundation, Belgium (F.R.S.-FNRS).