Park Issues: Bioprospecting and Benefits-Sharing
http://www.nps.gov/yell/publications/pdfs/handbook/ch9.pdf

Yellowstone National Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior


This website contains chapter nine of the "Yellowstone Resources and Issues Handbook 2004" entitled "Park Issues." The document focuses on a variety of issues in Yellowstone National Park including bioprospecting and benefits-sharing, bison management, fisheries: lake trout and whirling disease, grizzly and black bear management, northern range, winter use, and wolf restoration. The first section entitled "Bioprospecting and Benefits-Sharing", gives an informative overview of bioprospecting research in Yellowstone National Park. Topics covered include the history of bioprospecting in Yellowstone, current bioprospecting research, and the benefits-sharing agreement, "Cooperative Research and Development Agreements" (CRADA), between Yellowstone National Park and the Diversa Corporation.

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Subject: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology, :Molecular , Diversity, Microbiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: General Public, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Extreme Environments: Extremely Hot
Topics: Biosphere:Diversity, Molecular Biology, Ecology:Habitats:Terrestrial, Biosphere:Methods of Microbiology, Ecology, MicrobiologyKeywords: polymerase chain reaction, thermophiles, biotechnology