Combining High Risk Science With Ambitious Social And Economic Goals

Rosenthal, Joshua J. C.; Beck, D. A.; Bhat, A D; Biswas, J; Brady, Linda P.; Bridbord, Kenneth; Collins, Scott F.; Cragg, Gordon M.; Edwards, James B.; Fairfield, Alexandra S.; Gottlieb, Michael; Gschwind, Lee Ann; Hallock, Yali F.; Hawks, Richard L.; Hegyeli, Ruth; Johnson, George E.; Keusch, Gerald T.; Lyons, Elizabeth; Miller, Richard L.; Rodman, James E.; Roskoski, Joann; Siegel-Causey, Douglas

doi:10.1076/1388-0209(200010)37:sup;1-w;ft006

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“…L. 97-79, Sec. 3, Nov. 16, 1981(last amended 2003 Rosenthal et al, 1999;Rosenthal, 1996. 108 Discussed in detail in Bhatti et al, 2007, the BRAZIL: Provisional Act Nº 2, 186-16, implementing CBD Arts. 1, 8j, 10c, 15 and 16, Act.…”

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Beyond access : exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD

Walloe¹,

Young²

2007

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Beyond access : exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD

Walloe¹,

Young²

2007

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“…The project, termed International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG), is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the US National Science Foundation and the US Department of Agriculture from 1998-2008 (Rosenthal et al 1999;Rosenthal and Katz 2004). This was preceded, in 1995-1998, by a pilot project funded by the US National Science Foundation, the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, and Panama's Fundacion Natura and, prior to that, by over 15 years of basic ecological research at STRI (Kursar and Coley 2003).…”

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Linking bioprospecting with sustainable development and conservation: the Panama case

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The limited international resources for economic aid and conservation can only mitigate poverty and losses of biodiversity. Hence, developing nations must establish the capacity to resolve their problems. Additionally, policy-makers and donors need to obtain scientific input on issues such as global change and ecosystem services. We propose that for nations rich in biodiversity, ecosystem services derived from bioprospecting, or drug discovery, could contribute to economic development. In the case where unstudied samples are shipped abroad for research, the chances of obtaining royalties are infmitesimally small. Therefore developing nations will only realize benefits from bioprospecting through in-country research on their own biodiversity. Policy-makers and donors have failed to appreciate the value of this approach. In order to provide an example of the inherent links between conservation and sustainable economic development, we initiated a drug discovery effort in Panama that emphasizes local benefit. As much of the drug discovery process as possible is conducted in Panamanian laboratories, providing jobs dependent on intact biodiversity and enhancing local research and training. In short, research, plus the spin-offs from research, provide immediate and long-lasting benefits to Panama. The connection between conservation and development has been highlighted in publicity about the project in Panama's urban media. This provides a constructive alternative to the perception the among the urban populace that economic development inevitably competes with conservation. In summary, our program uses biodiversity to promote human health as well as to support research capacity, economic development and conservation within Panama. The program provides an example of the widely recognized but little developed concept of bioprospecting research as an ecosystem service.

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“…The individual projects are undertaken in such a way that local communities and other source country organizations can derive direct benefits from the activities of the projects and ultimately from the diverse biological resources of their countries. In this way benefit-sharing may provide clear incentives for preservation and sustainable use of biodiversity (Rosenthal, 1999;Rosenthal et al, 1999;Rosenthal & Katz, 2004). To date there have been three competition cycles (1993, 1998 and 2003/2005), which provided 4-to 5-year cooperative agreement awards to support collaborations between the USA and low-and middle-income country institutions and scientists.…”

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