Do national access regimes promote the use of genetic resources and benefit sharing?

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 444-463

  Correa, Carlos M ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Project on Intellectual Property and Development at the South Centre   (Switzerland)

^c CGIAR   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Access regimes; Andean community; Convention on biological diversity; Genetic resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ACCESS APPLICATIONS; ACCESS REGIMES; ANDEAN COMMUNITY; BENEFIT SHARING; GENETIC RESOURCES; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 28844499148     PISSN: 14746778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2005.007922     Document Type: Review

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