TY - BOOK AU - Bubela,Tania AU - Gold,Richard E. TI - Genetic resources and traditional knowledge : : case studies and conflicting interests T2 - Elgar intellectual property and global development SN - 9781781005453 AV - K3488.5 GEN PY - 2012/// PB - Edward Elgar KW - Germplasm resources conservation KW - Traditional ecological knowlrdge KW - Law and legislation KW - Biodeversity conservation N1 - Includes index; Introduction : Indigenous Rights and Traditional Knowledge / Tania Bubela and E. Richard Gold Part 1. The international legal and political landscape WIPO, Genetic Resources and TK: The Evolution of a Formal Intellectual Property Agreement Protecting TK : Associated with Genetic Resources / Charles Lawson A Comparative Analysis of Access and Benefits Sharing Systems / Rebecca Crookshanks and Peter W.B. Phillips From Traditional Medicines to Modern Drugs / Graham Dutfield Part 2. Case Studies Brazil : Property Rights, Biocultural Resources and Two Tragedies : Some Lessons from Brazil / Edson Beas Rodrigues Jr Kenya : Old Wine in New Skin : Traditional Knowledge and Customary Law Under the Evolving Normative Environment in Kenya / Kent Nnadozie India : Sustaining the Indigenous Knowledge Commons / Ashok Kumbamu Canada : Canada's First Nations' Policies and Practices Related to Managing Traditional Knowledge / Peter W.B. Phillips ... [et al.] Aboriginal Rights and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Northern Canada / Cherie Metcalf and Tania Bubela Respecting and Aligning Knowledge Systems in Northern Canada : Beyond the International Polar Year / David S. Hik, Tania Bubela and Scot Nickels Part 3. Conclusion A Capabilities-Based Framework / Julia Carbone N2 - This fascinating study describes efforts to define and protect traditional knowledge and the associated issues of access to genetic resources, from the negotiation of the Convention on Biological Diversity to The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Nagoya Protocol ER -