Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing Lessons from the San-Hoodia Case /

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edited by Rachel Wynberg, Doris Schroeder, Roger Chennells.

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.