Hutt, Peter BartonTorrance, Andrew W.2012-07-062000BIOPROSPECTING AND THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (2000 Third Year Paper)http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:8965586This paper attempts to assess the economic value of biodiversity to commercial bioprospectors and source countries, surveys the provisions of the CBD that deal directly with bioprospecting, examines the types of legal access regimes being established by source countries, and considers the effects that new technologies like genomics and combinatorial chemistry will have on the future importance of bioprospecting.en-USFood and Drug LawbioprospectingbiodiversityConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD)Paper (for course/seminar/workshop)2012-07-06