Biopiracy, largely defined as misappropriation of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge, has occurred all around the world. Southeast Asia, one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, has been a victim of biopiracy in a number of cases across the region. Despite the high occurrence of the exploitation of resources, the region has not responded to the problem of biopiracy adequately. One of the most important reasons for this lack of response to biopiracy is the absence of a legally binding regional instrument(s). However, considering that (i) biopiracy does not respect national borders, (ii) most of the Southeast Asian states have ratified the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and (iii) soft law instruments adopted so far have failed to tackle biopiracy, this article argues that a legally binding regional regime should be established to tackle biopiracy in a consistent manner. Following an analysis of a number of biopiracy cases in the region, this article discusses why a legally binding instrument(s) is necessary. It suggests how to improve the current regional instruments pertaining to access and benefit sharing in relation to biological resources and associated traditional knowledge, based on the analysis of instruments adopted to tackle biopiracy in other regions.

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应对东南亚的生物剽窃：需要具有法律约束力的区域文书

生物剽窃，主要定义为盗用生物资源和相关传统知识，已在世界各地发生。东南亚是世界生物多样性的热点地区之一，在该地区的许多案例中一直是生物剽窃的受害者。尽管资源开发的高发，该地区并没有充分应对生物盗版问题。对生物剽窃缺乏反应的最重要原因之一是缺乏具有法律约束力的区域文书。然而，考虑到 (i) 生物剽窃不分国界，(ii) 大多数东南亚国家已批准《生物多样性公约名古屋议定书》，以及 (iii) 迄今为止通过的软法律文书未能解决生物剽窃问题, 本文认为，应建立具有法律约束力的区域制度，以一致的方式应对生物盗版行为。在分析了该地区的一些生物盗版案件之后，本文讨论了为什么需要具有法律约束力的文书。它基于对其他地区为解决生物剽窃而采用的文书的分析，提出了如何改进与生物资源和相关传统知识相关的获取和利益分享的当前区域文书。