Accessing and Sharing the Benefits of the Genomics Revolution

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Contributors. Acknowledgements. Part One: ACCESS AND BENEFITS SHARING IN CONTEXT. 1. Introduction to Access to Benefit Sharing: P. Phillips & C. Onwuekwe. Part Two: SHARING THE BENEFITS OF INVENTIONS, PGR'S AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE. 2. The Ideology of the Commons and Property Rights: C.Onwuekwe. 3 .Farmers' Privilege and Patented Seeds: P. Phillips. 4. Traditional Knowledge and Benefit Sharing: From Compensation to Transaction: D. Castle & E. Gold. 5. Biological Resources and Intellectual Property Rights: Impacts on Indigenous and Local Communities: D. Craig. Lost in Transition? The Rhetoric of International Law, Protection of Indigenous Peoples' Knowledge and the Omnipresent Reality of Biopiracy: I. Mgbeoji. Part Three: IMPLEMENTING ACCESS AND BENEFITS SHARING. 7. The Coexistence of GM and Organic Cropping: Hoffman and Beaudoin v. Monsanto Canada Inc. and Aventis Cropscience Canada Holding Inc: L. Khoury. 8. Beyond the Rhetoric: Population Genetics and Benefit Sharing: B. Knoppers & L. Sheremeta. 9. Bioprospecting Partnerships in Practice: A Decade of Experiences at INBio in Costa Rica: J. Cabrera Medaglia Part Four: ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING IN THE NEW MILLENIUM. 10. Conclusions: New Paths to Access and Benefit Sharing: C. Onwuekwe & P. Phillips.