Genetic resources and traditional knowledge : case studies and conflicting interests / edited by Tania Bubela and E. Richard Gold.

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TextSeries: Elgar intellectual property and global development | Elgar intellectual property and global developmentPublisher: Edward Elgar, 2012Description: xiv, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781781005453

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LOC classification:

K3488.5 GEN

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Book	Main Library Open Shelf	K3488.5 GEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	160418	Available	BK147933
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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

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.

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