Journal Article

HOW SHOULD THE BENEFITS OF BIOPROSPECTING BE SHARED?

MILLUM, JOSEPH

2010

Overview

The search for valuable new products from among the world's stock of natural biological resources is mostly carried out by people from wealthy countries, and mostly takes place in developing countries that lack the research capacity to profit from it. Surely, the indigenous people should receive some compensation from it. But we must build a robust defense for this intuition, rooted in the Western moral traditions that are widely accepted in wealthy countries, if we are to put it into practice and enforce it.

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd,The Hastings Center,Hastings Center
• Subject: Biodiversity / Biological diversity / Bioprospecting / Communities / Compensation / Conservation of natural resources / Conservation of Natural Resources - economics / Conservation of Natural Resources - legislation & jurisprudence / Convention on Biological Diversity / Developed Countries / Developing Countries / Developing countries, Economic conditions / Distributive justice / Drug Industry / Ethics / Genetic engineering / Genetic engineering industry / Genetic Research - economics / Genetic Research - ethics / Genetic Research - legislation & jurisprudence / Genetic resources / Genetics, Population / Genetics, Research / Global Health / Global justice / Health Care Sector - ethics / Health Care Sector - trends / Health care, Global impact / Humans / Indigenous peoples / Intellectual Property / Intellectual property (International law) / International Cooperation / Intuition / LDCs / Moral Obligations / Natural resources / North and South / Ownership - ethics / Ownership - standards / Patents (International law) / Patents as Topic / Property rights / Research Subjects / Scientific research / Social Justice / Social Responsibility / Species / Timber / Traditional knowledge