Formalization of the Natural Product Trade in Southern Africa: Unintended Consequences and Policy Blurring in Biotrade and Bioprospecting

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 559-574

  Wynberg, Rachel ^a   Laird, Sarah ^b   Van Niekerk, Jaci ^a   Kozanayi, Witness ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b People and Plants International   (United States)

Author keywords

access and benefit sharing; baobab; equity; governance; Nagoya Protocol; Pelargonium sidoides; sustainability

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MEDICINAL PLANT; REGULATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE POLICY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

ADANSONIA DIGITATA; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES;

EID: 84929246257     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2015.1014604     Document Type: Article

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