Common Contracts
2 similar Research and Licensing Agreement contracts
Case Study 4. Ball Horticulture and the South African National Biodiversity InstituteResearch and Licensing Agreement • December 22nd, 2020
In 1999 the then National Botanical Institute – NBI (now constituted as the South African National Biodiversity Institute - SANBI) entered into a Research and Licensing Agreement with the Chicago-based company Ball Horticulture. The five-year agreement (which continues to be renewed on a year to year basis), is the first North-South bioprospecting agreement in the horti- and flori-culture sector, and involves SANBI using its expertise to select South African plants of horticultural interest for Ball, both from its living collections and from the wild. SANBI is a public institution that aims to promote the sustainable use, conservation, appreciation and enjoyment of the exceptionally rich biodiversity of South Africa for the benefit of all people, and also to promote the economic use and potential of indigenous plants1. This it does through, inter alia, managing the various botanical gardens and herbaria in South Africa, conducting environmental education and outreach programmes, develo
Case Study 4.Research and Licensing Agreement • January 21st, 2008
This it does through, inter alia, managing the various botanical gardens and herbaria in South Africa, conducting environmental education and outreach programmes, developing bioregional programmes, policies and plans, undertaking biosystematic research and biodiversity collections, conducting ecosystem rehabilitation, and maintaining and developing databases about southern African flora. The bulk of operational funding comes from the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) operational grant of R95 million, covering all salaries and the basic running costs of the Institute (SANBI, 2007). Ball is one of the world‟s largest multinational horticultural companies, holding 40% of the US market in bedding plants and pot plants, 25% of the European market, and 10% of the Japanese market. Ball Horticulture operates globally, in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania2.
