Natural Products Research Partnerships with Multiple Objectives in Global Biodiversity Hot Spots: Nine Years of the International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups Program

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The International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBGs) have been among the most ambitious bioprospecting endeavors because of the explicit intent to use the drug discovery and bioinventory research process to generate enhanced research capacity, opportunities for sustainable economic activity, and incentives for conservation at each host site. Specifically, they must include substantial and novel efforts in natural products drug discovery, biological inventory, research capacity building, and benefit sharing. The major focus of bioinventory activity to date has been terrestrial plants. Several types of ICBG activities promote conservation and development. They include training personnel and research capacity enhancement at host country institutions, scientific research in support of biodiversity management, in situ and ex situ conservation projects, environmental education, and policy analysis. These are described in detail in this chapter. The chapter also describes a few illustrat

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