Property rights, collective action, and plant genetic resources

Pablo B. Eyzaguirre, Nancy McCarthy, Monica Di Gregorio and Evan Dennis

No 11 No.10, 2020 vision briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: "Many factors affect the conservation of biodiversity, including demographic changes, technological developments, national agricultural policies, and economic, social, and cultural factors. Institutional aspects related to property rights and collective action play a key role in local plant genetic conservation outcomes... Policymakers should be aware of the links between property rights, collective action, and local conservation of local plant genetic diversity. It is important to take into account local regulatory frameworks as well as the existence and overlap of multiple legal systems, try to build on these, and avoid policies that might in fact reduce access to genetic diversity for local populations, in order to avoid eroding genetic diversity and increasing the vulnerability of the poor." from Text.

Keywords: poverty alleviation; property rights; collective action; biodiversity; agricultural policies; demography; technological changes; plant genetic resources; plant breeding; law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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