Publication

Jun 2010

This research paper explores the current situation of access and benefit sharing (ABS) debates within the WG-ABS on the Protocol and, more importantly, offers an alternative approach to designing an international policy and legal framework on ABS. It argues that the central problem which ABS frameworks confront refers to the policy and legal treatment given to subject matter at hand: genetic resources.

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Author Manuel Ruiz Muller
Series ICTSD Publications
Issue 1
Publisher International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
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