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Managing Institutional Complexity and Fragmentation: The Nagoya Protocol and the Global Governance of Genetic Resources

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  • Sebastian Oberthür

    (Sebastian Oberthür is academic director of the Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels.)

  • Justyna Pożarowska

    (Justyna Pożarowska is a PhD candidate at the Institute for European Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels.)

Abstract

This article explores the impact of the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity on the complex of international institutions involved in the governance of access to, and benefit sharing from, genetic resources. Conceptually, we develop an interplay management perspective that focuses on the governance of institutional complexes and their internal division of labor by means of collective decisions within the elemental institutions. We seek to understand interplay management with reference to constellations of actors' interests and power, as well as institutional factors (commitments, inter-institutional consistency). We argue that the strength of status-quo forces led to the Nagoya Protocol consolidating and clarifying (rather than changing) the existing interinstitutional division of labor. The analysis demonstrates the difficulty of changing existing inter-institutional balances, yet suggests that a consolidation of an inter-institutional equilibrium can induce important new, pathdependent developments in fragmented governance architectures. © 2013 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Sebastian Oberthür & Justyna Pożarowska, 2013. "Managing Institutional Complexity and Fragmentation: The Nagoya Protocol and the Global Governance of Genetic Resources," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 13(3), pages 100-118, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:13:y:2013:i:3:p:100-118
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    Keywords

    Nagoya Protocol; genetic resources; institutional complexity;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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