Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-402) and index.

Access Benefit-Sharing and the Nagoya Protocol: The confluence of abiding legal doctrines / Arianna Braggiato, Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Fulya Batur and Brendan Coolsaet -- Genetic resources in a multi-layered institutional cake : the regulation of access benefit-sharing in Belgium / John Pitseys, Brendan Coolsaet, Fulya Batur, Tom Dedeurwaerdere and Arianna Broggiato -- The ABS framework in Denmark / Veit Koester -- Commentary on the ABS provisions of the draft biodiversity law of France / Claudio Chiarolla -- Access and benefit-sharing in Germany / Lily 0. Rodriguez, Miriam Dross, and Karin Holm-Mueller -- Legal framework in Greece regarding the ABS Regime, implementation : gaps and issues requiring national and international attention / Efpraxia-Aithra Maria and Georgia-Panagiota Limniou -- An analysis of the ABS Regime in the Netherlands / Bert Visser, Bernd van der Meulen and Hanna Schebesta -- Norwegian experiences with ABS / Morten Walloe Tvedt -- Analysis of the ABS framework in the United Kingdom / Elta Smith -- Implementing the Nagoya Protocol in Spain : challenges perspectives / Luciana Silvestri and Alejandro Lago Candeira -- The legal regime of genetic resources in Turkey : opportunities for Access and Benefit-Sharing / Fufyabatur -- Privateer, pirate or ghost ship? : an inquiry into the complementarity between community law and French law for the benefit of the indigenous people of French Guiana / Philippe Karpe, Alexis Tiouka, Ivan Boev, Armelle Guignier, and Florencine Edouard -- Private standards and the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol : defining and putting in practice due diligence in the EU regulation on ABS / Marfa Julia Oliva -- The multilevel implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in the European Union / Christine Godt -- Collecting plant genetic resources in Europe : a survey of legal requirements and practical experiences / Lorenzo Maggioni, Isabel Lopez Noriega, Isabel Lapefia, Vojtech Holubec, and Johannes M.M. Engels -- Conclusion. Comparing Access and Benefit-Sharing in Europe / Brendan Coolsaet.

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