Book Published
Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing: Lessons from the San-Hoodia Case
Rachel Wynberg, Doris Schroeder and Roger Chennells (Editors)
Springer 2009
International launch of Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing; Lessons from the
San-Hoodia Case at Genomics and Benefit Sharing with Developing Countries – From
Biodiversity to Human Genomics, Montreal, 6 November 2009.
Roger Chennells and Prof. Doris Schroeder with Tim Hodges (Co-Chair, Working Group on
Access and Benefit Sharing, UN Convention on Biological Diversity), and Fritz Schmuhl,
Springer.
South African Launch of Indigenous Peoples, Consent and Benefit Sharing; Lessons from the
San-Hoodia Case, 28th January 2010, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, South Africa.
Opening words by Dr Tanya Abrahamse, CEO of the South African National Biodiversity
Institute.
CONTENTS
Preface: WIMSA (Working Group for Indigenous Minorities, South Africa)
Foreword: Tim Hodges (Co-Chair, Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, UN
Convention on Biological Diversity)
Acknowledgements
SECTION 1: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, CONSENT AND BENEFIT SHARING – THE
CONTEXT
Introduction
Rachel Wynberg, Doris Schroeder and Roger Chennells
Justice and Benefit Sharing
Doris Schroeder
Informed Consent: From Medical Research to Traditional Knowledge
Doris Schroeder
Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Can Prior Informed Consent Help?
Graham Dutfield
Bioprospecting, Access and Benefit-Sharing: Revisiting the “Grand Bargain”
Rachel Wynberg and Sarah Laird
SECTION 2: THE SAN-HOODIA CASE IN DEPTH
Green Diamonds of the South: An Overview of the San-Hoodia Case
Rachel Wynberg and Roger Chennells
Policies for Sharing Benefits from Hoodia
Rachel Wynberg
The Struggle for Indigenous Peoples’ Land Rights: the Case of Namibia
Saskia Vermeylen
Speaking for the San: Challenges for Representative Institutions
Roger Chennells, Victoria Haraseb and Mathambo Ngakaeaja
Trading Traditional Knowledge: San Perspectives from South Africa, Namibia and Botswana
Saskia Vermeylen
Putting Intellectual Property Rights into Practice: Experiences from the San
Roger Chennells and Patrick Vaalbooi
Sharing Benefits Fairly: Decision-making and Governance
Rachel Wynberg, Doris Schroeder, Samantha Williams and Saskia Vermeylen
SECTION 3: REFLECTIONS ON THE SAN-HOODIA CASE FROM AROUND THE
WORLD
The Role of Institutional Frameworks and Stakeholders in Benefit Sharing: Inferences from
the Kani Case
Sachin Chaturvedi
The Law is Not Enough: Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ Rights against Mining Interests in
the Philippines
Fatima Alvarez Castillo and Rosa Cordillera A Castillo
Benefit Sharing is no Panacea for Development: Experiences from Mining on Aboriginal
Land in Australia
Jon Altman
The Limitations of Good Intent: Problems of Representation and Informed Consent in
Chiapas
Dafna Feinholz Klip, Luis García Barrios and Julie Cook Lucas
Human Research Ethics Guidelines as a Basis for Consent and Benefit Sharing: A Canadian
Perspective
Kelly Bannister
SECTION 4: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: TOWARDS BEST
PRACTICE FOR BENEFIT SHARING
Rachel Wynberg, Doris Schroeder and Roger Chennells
List of Contributors
Video DVD documenting the case, project workshops and fieldwork