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ACCESS / BENEFIT-SHARING RESOURCES

  • ORGANIZATIONS

  • Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors, Inc. (PIIPA)

    PIIPA is an international non-profit organization that makes intellectual property counsel available for developing countries and public interest organizations who seek to promote health, agriculture, biodiversity, science, culture, and the environment.
  • Centre for the Management of Intellectual Property in Health Research and Development (MIHR)

    MIHR's concern is with the health and well-being of poor people across the globe. It seeks to find constructive ways to promote collaboration among all sectors involved in improving access to needed drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and other important health technologies.
  • IPRsonline.org

    IPRsonline.org is an internet portal on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Sustainable Development. It contains a selection of relevant online documents and resources related to IPRs and sustainable development including a guide to IPRs, proposals submitted to the WTO, discussion papers classified by topics, a calendar of IPRs related events, latest news on IPRs, and links to listservs and relevant institutions working on IPRs.
  • SciDev.net

    Provides a list of links related to research science policy.

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  • U.N. CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (CBD)

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  • CODES OF CONDUCT

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BOOKS AND RESOURCES

  • LEGAL AGREEMENT CONTRACTS

Benefits-Sharing Draft Environmental Impact Statement. (Link)
Anonymous. (2006). National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. 340 pp.

Nature's Medicines: Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Management. Case Studies from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA. (PDF 137 K)
Gupta, R., B. Gabrielsen, S.M. Ferguson. (2004). Current Drug Discovery Technologies. 67:203-19.

The UIC ICBG (University of Illinois at Chicago International Cooperative Biodiversity Group) Memorandum of Agreement: A Model of Benefit-Sharing Arrangement in Natural Products Drug Discovery and Development. (Link)
Soejarto, D.D. et al. (2004). Journal of Natural Products. 67(2):294-9; including supplement.

Implementing the Biodiversity Treaty: How To Make International Cooperative Agreements Work. (Link)
Iwu, M. (1996). Trends in Biotechnology. 14:78-83.

Health, Conservation, and Economic Development: The International Cooperative Biodiversity Group Drug Development and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa - A Benefit Sharing Plan. (No Link)
Iwu, M. and S. Laird. (1995). Rainforest Alliance's Natural Resources and Rights Program. 55 pp.


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  • BOOKS AND REVIEW ARTICLES

Is Bayh-Dole Good for Developing Countries? Lessons from the US Experience. (Link)
So, A., et al. (2008). PLoS Biol . 6(10): e262.

Intellectual Property, Research & Development, and Innovation Resource Data Bank for Developing Countries & Emerging Economies. (Link)
Anonymous. Published by: NIH Office of Technology Transfer (NIH-OTT). Word Document.

Access and Benefit Sharing: Good practice for academic research on genetic resources. (Link)
Biber-Klemm, S. and S. Martinez (2008). Published by: Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT). Printed by: Jordi AG, CH-Belp.

IP Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation: A Handbook of Best Practices. (Link)
Anonymous (2008). Published by: Centre for Management of Intellectual Property in Health Research and Development (MIHR), Oxford Centre for Innovation, Oxford, U.K. and The Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture (PIPRA), University of California, Davis, CA U.S.A. Volume I (ISBN: 978-1-4243-2026-4), Volume 2 (ISBN: 978-1-4243-2027-1), Executive Guide and Summary of Best Practices (ISBN: 978-1-4243-2028-8).

Biodiversity and the Law: Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Traditional Knowledge. (No Link)
Edited by Charles McManis. (2007) Earthscan, London and Sterling VA

Public Health: Innovation and intellectual Property Rights. (PDF, 130 KB)
Dreifuss, R. et al. (2006). Report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health. April 2006. World Health Organization. 228 pp.

The Commercial Use of Biodiversity: Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing. (Link)
ten Kate, T. and S.A. Laird. (2002). In: The Commercial Use of Biodiversity. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, UK. 400 pp. ISBN 1853839418.

Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge: Equitable Partnerships in Practice. (Link)
Laird, S.A. (ed.) (2002). In: People and Plants Conservation Series. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, UK. 504 pp. ISBN 1853836982.

Biodiversity Prospecting: Lessons and Prospects. (Link)
Moran, K., S.R. King, T.J. Carlson. (2001). Annual Review of Anthropology. 30(5564):505-26.

Bioprospecting in Practice: A Case Study of the Suriname ICBG Project and Benefits Sharing under the Convention on Biological Diversity . (Link)
Guerin-McManus, M. et al. (1999). Convention on Biodiversity Case Study. 21 pp.

New Rules for Natural Products Research. (Link)
Gollin, M. (1999). Nature Biotechnology. 17(9):921-2.

Innovative Mechanisms for Sharing Benefits of Biodiversity and Related Knowledge: Case Studies on Geographical Indications and Trademarks (Link)
Downes, D.R. and S.A. Laird (1999). Prepared for: UNCTAD Biotrade Initiative. 47 pp.

Community Registries of Biodiversity-Related Knowledge: The Role of Intellectual Property in Managing Access and Benefit. (Link)
Downes, D.R. and S.A. Laird (1999). Prepared for: UNCTAD Biotrade Initiative. 22 pp.

Biodiversity Prospecting Models for Collection Resources: The NIH/NSF/USAID Model. (No Link)
Timmermann, B.N. (1997). In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Global Genetic Resources: Access, Ownership, and Intellectual Property Rights. Association of Systematics Collections, Washington, D.C. pp. 233-349.

"Triangular Privity" — A Working Paradigm for the Equitable Sharing of Benefits from Biodiversity Research and Development. (No Link)
Mays, T.D. (1997). In: Global Genetics Resources: Access, Ownership, and Intellectual Property Rights. Office of Technology Development, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852-7182. p. 279-298.

Equitable Sharing of Biodiversity Benefits: Agreements on Genetic Resources. (PDF, 130 KB)
Rosenthal, J.P. (1997). In: Investing in Biological Diversity: The Cairns Conference: Proceedings of the OECD International Conference on Incentive Measures for the Conservation and the Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity in Cairns, Australia, 25-28 March 1996. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France. 403 pp. ISBN 9264155023.

Legal Issues in Sharing the Benefits of Biodiversity Prospecting. (Link)
Mays, T.D. and K.D. Mazan. (1996). Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 51(1-3):93-102; discussion 102-9.

Protecting Rights - Legal and Ethical Implications of Ethnobiology. (Link)
Martin, G.J, A.L. Hoare, D.A. Posey (eds.). (1996) People and Plants International.

Natural Product Drug Discovery and Development: New Perspectives on International Collaboration. (Link)
Baker, J.T. et al. (1995). Journal of Natural Products. 58(9):1325-57.

Biological Materials Transfer Agreements. (Link)
Gollin, M. (1995). Biotechnology (N Y). 13(3):243-4.

Fair Deals in the Search for New Natural Products. (No Link)
Laird, S.A. (1995). WWF International.

Patenting Recipes from Nature's Kitchen. How Can a Naturally Occurring Chemical Like Taxol Be Patented. (Link)
Gollin, M. (1994). Biotechnology (N Y). 12(4):406-7.

Ethics, Biodiversity and New Natural Products Development. (Link)
Cunningham, A.B. (1993) People and Plants Online.

Bioprospecting in Indonesia. (No Link)
Supriatna, J and M. Guerin-McManus.

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