
FNI research focuses on international efforts to ensure conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and fair distribution of benefits from genetic resources. Interaction with trade agreements and intellectual property rights is central.
International environmental agreements on biological diversity seek to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and a fair distribution of benefits derived from genetic resources. FNI research is aimed at international processes with ramifications for these objectives, including interaction with international agreements on trade and agriculture. Central to this work is the interaction between regimes for access & benefit-sharing (ABS) from use of genetic resources and legislation on intellectual property rights to biological material.
Research is carried out with regard to the management of wild as well as domesticated genetic resources in agriculture and aquaculture. Both the CBD and the FAO Plant Treaty (ITPGRFA) are central to this work and the implementation as well as the interaction between them constitutes central topics of research.
The regulation of bioprospecting, GMOs and invasive alien species, and policy and law for the management of protected areas, are other central topics.
FNI also researches international forest politics, forest management and certification (ecolabelling). Central topics include the evolution of international forest policies and non-state certification schemes, as well as the interactions between public and private authorities in addressing such issues as protected areas, carbon sequestration in forests, illegal logging, and forest law enforcement, governance and trade.
RESEARCHERS
PROJECTS
BOOKS
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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Frontiers in Marine Science, published online 23.11.2022, 7 p. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1034510
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In Chege Kamau, E. (ed), Global Transformations in the Use of Biodiversity for Research and Development. Springer, 2022, pp. 621-635
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The Journal of World Intellectual Property, Vol 25, No 2, 2022, pp. 432-459
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In Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers and Marcel Kok (eds), Transforming biodiversity governance. Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp. 43-66.
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In Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers and Marcel Kok (eds), Transforming biodiversity governance. Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp. 200-218.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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NordGen, 2023, 78 p.
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Forskning.no, February 24, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Trønderdebatt, February 23, 2023. In Norwegian.
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FNI Policy Brief 1/2023. Lysaker, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, January 2023, 8 p.
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IN MEDIA
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Lokalpolitiker og Hafjell-investor meldte seg inhabil 31 ganger på to år (Local politician and Hafjell investor declared himself to incapacitated 31 times in two years)
NRK, February 15, 2023. In Norwegian
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Nu er det naturens tur til at få en Paris-aftale. Men det bliver svært. (It is nature's turn to get a Paris agreement. But it will be difficult)
Politiken, December 7, 2022. In Danish.
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Regional Conference on Suitable Seeds for Food Security Focuses on Better Access to Seeds
New Business Age, November 15, 2022.
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SAWTEE organize regional conference on suitable seeds for food security
Fiscal Nepal, November 6, 2022.
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Experts stress protection of indigenous crops
The Rising Nepal, November 3, 2022.