Biological Diversity: Who Owns

In recent years an increasing number of state-based protection schemes have asserted ownership over biodiversity goods and services through various forms of cultural documentation such as registry, archives, databases, texts and inventories. Natural resources are no way bounded by political boundary imposed by different nations. No man can hold the ownership on any plant or animal. Biological diversity doesn’t follow strict political boundaries of nations and doesn’t obey the artificial rules imposed on them based geographical limitations by man. This review clearly elucidates the how biological diversity is used and claimed by various groups of parties. It also encompasses the complex nature of biological diversity and its ownership claims.