Genetic resources and traditional knowledge : case studies and conflicting interests / edited by Tania Bubela and E. Richard Gold.
Material type: TextSeries: Elgar intellectual property and global developmentPublisher: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, ©2012Description: xiv, 373 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781781005453
- 1781005451
- 346.04695 23
- K3488.5 BUB
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: 1. Introduction: Indigenous Rights and Traditional Knowledge Tania Bubela and E. Richard Gold PART I: THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE 2. WIPO, Genetic Resources and TK: The Evolution of a Formal Intellectual Property Agreement Protecting TK Associated with Genetic Resources Charles Lawson 3. A Comparative Analysis of Access and Benefits-Sharing Systems Rebecca Crookshanks and Peter W.B. Phillips 4. From Traditional Medicines to Modern Drugs Graham Dutfield PART II: CASE STUDIES Brazil 5. Property Rights, Biocultural Resources and Two Tragedies: Some Lessons from Brazil Edson Beas Rodrigues Jr Kenya 6. Old Wine in New Skin: Traditional Knowledge and Customary Law Under the Evolving Normative Environment in Kenya Kent Nnadozie India 7. Sustaining the Indigenous Knowledge Commons Ashok Kumbamu Canada 8. Canada's First Nations' Policies and Practices Related to Managing Traditional Knowledge Peter W.B. Phillips, Sidi Zhang, Tara Williams and Laural DeBusschere 9. Aboriginal Rights and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Northern Canada Cherie Metcalf and Tania Bubela 10. Respecting and Aligning Knowledge Systems in Northern Canada: Beyond the International Polar Year David S. Hik, Tania Bubela and Scot Nickels PART III: CONCLUSION 11. A Capabilities-based Framework Julia Carbone Index.
This 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 Diveristy through to the Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Nagoya Protocol
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