Table of contents
Introduction;
1. Common Pools of Genetic Resources and Related Traditional and Modern Knowledge. An Overview;
Part 1: Local Approaches;
2. Traditional Knowledge Common Pools: The Story of the Kukula Traditional Health Practitioners of Bushbuckridge, South Africa;
3. Common Pools of TK and Related Genetic Resources - A Case Study of San-Hoodia;
4. Reinventing Traditional Medicine;
Pacari and its Struggle Towards Health, Environmental Protection and Benefit Sharing;
5. Guardians of the Seed: The Role of Andean Farmers in the Caring and Sharing of Agrobiodiveristy;
Part 2: National Approaches;
6. Genetic Resources Common Pools in Brazil;
7. Developing a Common Pools Strategy for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: A Case Study of Malaysia;
8. Common Pools of Traditional Medical Knowledge in China;
9. Common Pools in Aquaculture;
Exploring Patent Law, ABS and Sui Generis Options;
Part 3: Transitional Approaches;
10. Practices of Exchanging and Utilizing GRFA and the ABS Regime;
11. Global Scientific Research Commons under the Nagoya Protocol: Governing Pools of Microbial Genetic Resources;
12. Networks of Ex-Situ Collections in Genetic Resources;
13. Biological Data Banks For Marine Organisms: What They Contain and How They Can Be Used in ABS Contexts;
14. Knowledge Commons, Intellectual Property and the ABS Regime;
Part 4: International Approaches;
15. ABS, Justice and the Nagoya Protocol;
16. The World Health Organization's Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework as a Public Health Resources Pool;
17. The Multilateral System of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources: Lessons and Space for Further Development;
18. Exploring Bases for Building Common Pools in Eastern Africa;
19. Common Pools for Marine Genetic Resources;
A Possible Instrument for a Future Multilateral Agreement Addressing Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction