Contents
Part IThe Evolution of the ABS Policy Landscape in Canada
1The ABS Canada Initiative: Scoping and Gauging Indigenous Responses to ABS
2Canada and the Nagoya Protocol: Towards Implementation, In Support of Reconciliation
3Aboriginal Partnership, Capacity Building and Capacity Development on ABS: The Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council (MAPC) and ABS Canada Experience
Part IIHurdles to ABS: Conceptual Questions, Practical Responses and Paths Forward
4Unsettling Canada’s Colonial Constitution: A Response to the Question of Domestic Law and the Creation of an Access and Benefit-Sharing Regime
6Implications of the Evolution of Canada’s Three Orders of Government for ABS Implementation
7Biopiracy Flashpoints and Increasing Tensions over ABS in Canada
8Applying Dene Law to Genetic Resources Access and Knowledge Issues
9Access and Benefit-Sharing in Canada: Glimpses from the National Experiences of Brazil, Namibia and Australia to Inform Indigenous-Sensitive Policy
Part IIINew Technological Dynamics and Research Ethics: Implications for ABS Governance