Global governance of genetic resources [electronic resource] : access and benefit sharing after the Nagoya Protocol / edited Sebastian Oberthur and G. Kristin Rosendal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global governance of genetic resources : background and analytical framework / Sebastian Oberthur and G. Kristin Rosendal -- The term "Genetic Resources" : flexible and dynamic while providing legal certainty? / Morten Walle Tvedt and Peter Johan Schei -- The negotiations of the Nagoya Protocol : issues, coalitions and process / Linda Wallbott, Franziska Wolff and Justyna Pozarowska -- The role of non-state actors in the Nagoya Protocol negotiations / Amandine Orsini -- The role of the European Union in the negotiations on the Nagoya Protocol : self-interested bridge building / Sebastian Oberthur and Florian Rabitz -- The role of Switzerland in the Nagoya Protocol negotiations / Marc Hufty, Tobias Schulz, and Maurice Tschopp -- Goals, strategies and success of the African group in the negotiations of the Nagoya Protocol / Linda Wallbott -- The Nagoya Protocol and the diffusion of economic instruments for ecosystem services / Franziska Wolff -- Beyond Nagoya : towards a legally functional system of access and benefit-sharing / Morten Walle Tvedt -- The impact of the Nagoya Protocol on the evolving institutional complex of ABS governance / Sebastian Oberthur and Justyna Pozarowska -- Balancing ABS and IPR governance in the aquaculture sector / G. Kristin Rosendal, Ingrid Olesen and Morten Walle Tvedt -- Governance options for ex-situ collections in academic research / Susette Biber-Klemm, Kate Davis, Laurent Gautier, and Sylvia I. Martinez -- Conclusions : an assessment of global governance of genetic resources after the Nagoya Protocol / Sebastian Oberthur and G. Kristin Rosendal.