Moraia, Linda Brice-o --- "Access to genetic resources and benefit sharing: The Nagoya Protocol in the light of the TRIPS Agreement" [2014] ELECD 125; in Ghidini, Gustavo; Peritz, J.R. Rudolph; Ricolfi, Marco (eds), "TRIPS and Developing Countries" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) 216

Book Title: TRIPS and Developing Countries

Editor(s): Ghidini, Gustavo; Peritz, J.R. Rudolph; Ricolfi, Marco

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849804851

Section: Chapter 8

Section Title: Access to genetic resources and benefit sharing: The Nagoya Protocol in the light of the TRIPS Agreement

Author(s): Moraia, Linda Brice-o

Number of pages: 23

Abstract/Description:

Access to and utilization of genetic resources express the tension between two different interests: one of the entity who exercises sovereignty over genetic resources located in a given territory and the one of third parties seeking access to those resources in order to undertake scientific research. The Rio Convention on Biodiversity and the Nagoya Protocol link access to the subsequent sharing of the benefits arising from the exploitation of the resources, in order to promote the transfer of technology and the spread of the associated knowledge among the so-called industrialized countries and developing countries.