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- Author: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- Main Title: The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol: Intellectual Property Implications , pp 1-7
- Publication Date: April 2016
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/236bc154-en
- Language: English
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The conservation of biological diversity (hereafter biodiversity)1 and the ability to continue to use biological resources sustainably are amongst the most pressing issues that the world currently faces. Balancing the protection of ecosystems, which involve a plethora of animal, plant and microbial species, with sustainable development objectives demands a systematic response at the international, regional, national and sub-national levels by a myriad of actors. The effective preservation of biodiversity cannot be met through environmental protection laws alone. A critical problem is one of incoherence – i.e., the situation where laws, policies and regulations designed to protect biodiversity and to encourage its sustainable use and development are not established in a consistent and mutually supportive manner with laws, policies and regulations in other domains, such as industrial policy or intellectual property (IP), that have an impact on biodiversity.
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ISBN (PDF):
9789210579346
Book DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18356/89035066-en
Related Subject(s):
Economic and Social Development
Sustainable Development Goals:
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