Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing

• Community Consent and Benefit Sharing: The Context.- Justice and Benefit Sharing.- Informed Consent: From Medical Research to Traditional Knowledge.- Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Can Prior Informed Consent Help?.- Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit Sharing: Revisiting the ‘Grand Bargain’.- Learning from the San.- Green Diamonds of the South: An Overview of the San-Hoodia Case.- Policies for Sharing Benefits from Hoodia.- The Struggle for Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights: The Case of Namibia.- Speaking for the San: Challenges for Representative Institutions.- Trading Traditional Knowledge: San Perspectives from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.- Putting Intellectual Property Rights into Practice: Experiences from the San.- Sharing Benefits Fairly: Decision-Making and Governance.- Reflections.- The Role of Scientists and the State in Benefit Sharing: Comparing Institutional Support for the San and Kani.- The Law is not Enough: Protecting Indigenous Peoples' Rights Against Mining Interests in the Philippines.- Benefit Sharing is No Solution to Development: Experiences from Mining on Aboriginal Land in Australia.- Human Research Ethics Guidelines as a Basis for Consent and Benefit Sharing: A Canadian Perspective.- The Limitations of Good Intent: Problems of Representation and Informed Consent in the Maya ICBG Project in Chiapas, Mexico.- Conclusions and Recommendations.- Conclusions and Recommendations: Towards Best Practice for Community Consent and Benefit Sharing.

From the reviews: "This book is an excellent series of papers that document the development of the San-Hoodia benefit-sharing agreement. ... This book ... is essential reading for anyone trying to bring a natural product to market and seeking a benefit-sharing partnership." (Kristine Stewart, Economic Botany, Vol. 65 (2), 2011)