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Organisation Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
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Subject Plant genetic resources - Medicine - Botanicals
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Subject A Review of Ecological, Economic and Policy Linkages
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Bioscience at a Crossroads: Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific, Technological and Industry Change: Botanicals

Laird, Sarah

Wynberg, Rachel

The focus of this brief is on plant genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in the botanicals industry, although its conclusions and recommendations have broad applicability to other sub-sectors. Note that separate policy briefs review ABS issues pertaining to the pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, botanicals, industrial biotechnology and food and beverage sectors.

Bioscience at a Crossroads: Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific, Technological and Industry Change: Industrial Biotechnology

Climate Change Resilience

Laird, Sarah

Industrial biotechnology has come of age in the last five years. Advances in science and technology, combined with concerns over climate change, energy security, and an interest in more efficient, cost-effective and green manufacturing processes and products, have led to rapid growth in this sector. With increase and significant government support, particularly for biofuels, industrial biotech is "now mature enough to be scaled up from a laboratory of curiosities to full commercialization."

Water, Wetlands and Forests: a review of Ecological. Economic and Policy Linkages

Environmental Governance, Biodiversity Conservation

Available Online

Blumenfeld, S ... [et al.]

The ecological linkages between water, wetlands and forests represent the intricate interdependence of our ecosystems and our resources. Forests play a pivotal role in the hydrological cycle by affecting rates of transpiration and evaporation, and influencing how water is routed and stored in a watershed. This consequently plays a vital role in the preservation of our wetlands, which act as natural reservoirs and are extremely rich in terms of both biodiversity and the ecological services that they provide, for example, within the realms of agriculture, sanitation, and energy

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