List of Figures, Tables and Boxes

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introduction / Evanson Chege Kamau Gerd Winter

Pt. 1

Theorizing on ABS

1

Access to GRs and Benefit Sharing - Underlying Concepts and the Idea of Justice / Peter-Tobias Stoll

2

Towards Regional Common Pools of GRs - Improving the Effectiveness and Justice of ABS / Gerd Winter

3

The Diversity of Principles Underlying the Concept of Benefit Sharing / Bram De Jonge Niels Louwaars

4

ABS in Relation to Marine GRs / Alexander Proelss

Pt. 2

Traditional Knowledge from New Perspectives

5

Potential of TK for Conventional Therapy - Prospects and Limits / Jack K. Githae

6

Sening Protection of TK to Rights - Placing Human Rights and Customary Law at the Heart of TK Governance / Brendan Tobin

7

A Socio-legal Inquiry into the Protection of Disseminated Traditional Knowledge - Learning from Brazilian Cases / John B. Kleba

8

Protecting TK Amid Disseminated Knowledge - A New Task for ABS Regimes? A Kenyan Legal View / Evanson C. Kamau

Pt. 3

Recent Developments in Exemplary Countries

9

The Law-Making Process of Access and Benefit-Sharing Regulations - The Case of Kenya / Anne N. Angwenyi

10

Brazil's Experience in Implementing its ABS Regime - Suggestions for Reform and the Relationship with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture / Juliana Santilli

11

Finding a Path Through the ABS Maze - Challenges of Regulating Access and Benefit Sharing in South Africa / Rachel Wynberg Mandy Taylor

12

The Process of Legislation on Access and Benefit Sharing BS in China - A NewLong March / Tianbao Qin

13

The Role of the National Biodiversity Institute in the Use of Biodiversity for Sustainable Development - Forming Bioprospecting Partnerships / Jorge Cabrera Medaglia

14

Australian ABS Law and Administration - A Model Law and Approach? / Geoff Burton

Pt. 4

Core Problems of Provider Country Measures

15

PIC in Access to TK in Brazil / Sandra A. S. Kishi

16

Design and Functions of Databases on TK - The Case of Venezuela / Maria Julia Ochoa

17

Biopiracy or Fallacy? Identifying Genuine Biopiracy Cases in Ecuador / Monica Ribadeneira Sarmiento

18

Sharing the Benefits of Using Traditionally Cultured GRs Fairly / Christiane Gerstetter

19

Streamlining Access Procedures and Standards / Evanson C. Kamau Gerd Winter

20

Capacity Development in a Changing World - Three Years of the ABS Capacity Development Initiative for Africa: Achievements and Perspectives / Peter Munyi Fabian Haas Andreas Drews Suhel al-Janabi

Pt. 5

User Countries' Measures

21

Disclosure Requirement - A Critical Appraisal / Evanson C. Kamau

22

Enforcement of Benefit-Sharing Duties in User Countries / Christine Godt

23

Enforcement of ABS Agreements in User States / Hiroji Isozaki

Annex

Australian Model Access and Benefit-Sharing Agreement

Index