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Abstract
After a brief overview of biodiversity prospecting, the authors review the historical context of biodiversity prospecting, including the common heritage doctrine, international patent law, and the Biodiversity Convention. The authors analyze the four major United States prospecting initiatives to date and identify their strengths and shortcomings. The authors then investigate two possible alternatives: (1) biological resource cartelization and (2) the development of a new type of biodiversity enterprise. The authors advocate the latter as a means of complying with the Biodiversity Convention.
Recommended Citation
Edgar J. Asebey and Jill D. Kempenaa,
Biodiversity Prospecting: Fulfilling the Mandate of the Biodiversity Convention,
28 Vanderbilt Law Review
703
(2021)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vjtl/vol28/iss4/6