Chapter 1 Introduction to the Challenge of Access and Benefit Sharing

Chapter 2 Ideology of the Commons and Property Rights: Who Owns Plant Genetic Resources and the Associated Traditional Knowledge?

Chapter 3 Farmers’ Privilege and Patented Seeds

Chapter 5 Biological Resources, Intellectual Property Rights and International Human Rights: Impacts on Indigenous and Local Communities

Chapter 6 Lost in Translation? The Rhetoric of Protecting Indigenous Peoples' Knowledge in International Law and the Omnipresent Reality of Biopiracy

Chapter 7 Liability Principles and their Impact on Access and Benefits Sharing

Chapter 8 Beyond the Rhetoric: Population Genetics and Benefit-Sharing

Chapter 9 Bioprocessing Partnerships in Practice: A Decade of Experiences at INBio in Costa Rica

Chapter 10 Conclusions: New Paths to Access and Benefit Sharing