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A global biodiversity fund to implement distributive justice for genetic resources
Developing World Bioethics
|May 16, 2019
Summary
This study explores rights to genetic resources, arguing that a global biodiversity fund could better manage benefits and protection costs than current bilateral agreements.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Law
- Bioethics
- Natural Resource Management
Background:
- Current frameworks struggle with equitable benefit sharing from genetic resources.
- The unique nature of genetic resources presents challenges for traditional resource rights.
- Protecting genetic resources requires significant investment and effort.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the complex issue of control and benefit from global genetic resources.
- To propose an alternative model for managing genetic resources and associated costs.
- To address the limitations of territorial rights and bilateral negotiations.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of resource rights literature.
- Examination of the unique characteristics of genetic resources (intangibility, non-territoriality, vulnerability).
- Development of a global biodiversity fund model.
Main Results:
- Territorial rights are difficult to enforce for intangible genetic resources.
- The costs of protecting genetic resources should be considered in distributive justice.
- A global biodiversity fund offers a potential solution for equitable benefit and cost sharing.
Conclusions:
- Existing access and benefit-sharing models, like those in the Convention on Biological Diversity, may be insufficient.
- A global fund could provide a more effective and just mechanism for managing genetic resources.
- Revisiting distributive justice principles is crucial for global genetic resource governance.
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