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Biotechnology and the Commercialisation of Biodiversity in Africa
Far from being the proverbial basket case, Africa is a continent rich in natural and cultural diversity, and remarkable in the innovations her people have developed to use and conserve biological resources. Th...
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Introduction
The story of Hoodia has captured the world's imagination. A plant used by the San to quench thirst and possibly hunger for centuries suddenly enters world markets as an appetite suppressant. Pictures from the Kal...
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Green Diamonds of the South: An Overview of the San-Hoodia Case
One of the most famous benefit-sharing initiatives to date is the San-Hoodia case. The San peoples are the oldest human inhabitants of southern Africa, but after centuries of genocide and marginalization by colon...
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Sharing Benefits Fairly: Decision-Making and Governance
Understanding how decisions were made by the San in the Hoodia case and how decision-making and governance structures vary between bioprospectors and indigenous communities is essential for the implementation of ...
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Conclusions and Recommendations: Towards Best Practice for Community Consent and Benefit Sharing
The adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is one of the great policy success stories of the twentieth century. One hundred and ninety-one parties have signed this broad and forward-thinking ...
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Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing: Revisiting the ‘Grand Bargain’
This chapter sets out the wider international context of bioprospecting, access and benefit sharing, and describes the fraught policy process that has evolved since the adoption of the Convention on Biological...
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Policies for Sharing Benefits from Hoodia
This chapter provides an analysis of the policies and laws that have emerged in southern Africa to regulate the harvesting, trade, and commercial development of Hoodia. Many of these policies have evolved rapidly...
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Regulating Complexity: Policies for the Governance of Non-timber Forest Products
Products from the wild, also known as non-timber forest products (NTFPs), are used as medicines, foods, spices, fibers, and fuel and for a multitude of other purposes. They contribute substantially to rural li...
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Addressing Socio-Economic and Ethical Considerations in Biotechnology Governance: The Potential of a New Politics of Care
There is a growing demand to incorporate social, economic and ethical considerations into biotechnology governance. However, there is currently little guidance available for understanding what this means or ho...
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Open AccessDo smallholder farmer-led seed systems have the capacity to supply good-quality, fungal-free sorghum seed?
Local seed systems that are developed, managed and maintained by farmers are a fundamental practice in smallholder crop production, supporting more than 80% of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and feeding more th...
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Human Food Trial of a Transgenic Fruit
of any “new” agricultural crop created using genetic modification technologies, even if undertaken with the best of intentions, is accompanied by novel human health, environmental, social, economic and othe...
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The Ocean Genome: Conservation and the Fair, Equitable and Sustainable Use of Marine Genetic Resources
The ‘ocean genome’ is the foundation upon which all marine ecosystems rest and is defined here as the ensemble of genetic material present in all marine biodiversity, including both the physical genes and the ...
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The ultra-processed food industry in Africa
The recent involvement of Nestlé in the Africa Food Prize reinforces the presence of the ultra-processed food industry in the continent and invites us to reflect on the implications this may have for Africa’s ...
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Priorities for progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 ‘Life on land’
This year marks the mid-point for the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, including Sustainable Development Goal 15 ‘Life on l...
