TKI Faculty Profile | Tony Gross
Biography
Tony Gross contributes to the work of the Traditional Knowledge Initiative on issues relating to access to genetic resources, benefit-sharing, traditional knowledge, and national implementation of global biodiversity-related treaties. Current research includes the impact of REDD (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) initiatives on indigenous peoples and the need for safeguards, and indigenous perceptions of climate change in the North West Amazon region. Other research interests include traditional fire management and carbon trading in tropical savannah regions, and the expansion of Brazilian agribusiness into African savannahs.
Publications
A recent selection of online publications related to traditional knowledge and biodiversity includes:
Publications (Conference Proceedings, Policy Briefs, etc):
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Brazil, Ministry of the Environment (forthcoming). Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol [working title]. Secretariat for Biodiversity and Forests, Department of Genetic Heritage, Brasilia (author)
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Gross, T (2012). ‘Achieving the Goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity: National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans’. CityGreen Issue 4: Biodiversity in the Urban Landscape. CUGE Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology, National Parks Board, Singapore. ISBN 978-981-07-0873-3
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C Prip, T Gross, S Johnston and M Vierros (2010). Biodiversity Planning: An assessment of national biodiversity strategies and action plans. United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama, Japan.
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K Galloway McLean, A Ramos-Castillo, T Gross, S Johnston, M Vierros, R Noa (2009). Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change. Report of the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change, 20-24 April 2009, Anchorage, Alaska. ISBN: 978-0-9807084-2-4
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T Gross, S Johnston & CV Barber (2006). A Convenção sobre Diversidade Biológica: Entendendo e Influenciando o Processo / The Convention on Biological Diversity: Understanding and Influencing the Process. Ministry of the Environment, Brasilia, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama. (Published simultaneously in Portuguese and English).
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T Gross (2005). A Guide for Countries Preparing Third National Reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity. United Nations Development Programme, New York
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JP Capobianco et al (2004). Biodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon. Editora Estação Liberdade & Instituto Socioambiental, São Paulo. (Associate Editor) ISBN 978-85-7448-093-0
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Convention on Biological Diversity (2001). Global Biodiversity Outlook. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal. (Editor).
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