Global biopiracy: Patents, plants and indigenous knowledge Author Mgbeoji I. Date 2006 Source IUCN (ID: MON-074173) Publisher | Place of publication UBC Press | Vancouver, Canada ISBN 0-7748-1152-8 Pages 311 p. Document type Monography/book Language English Field of application International Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Genetic resources Cultural heritage Intellectual property rights/patents Indigenous peoples Abstract Contents: 1. Introduction and analysis framework 2. Patents, indigenous and traditional knowledge and the concept of biopiracy 3. Biopiracy: Implications for biological and cultural diversity in an age of globalization 4. The appropriative functions of western cultural constructs of epistemology and international agricultural research centres 5. Patent regimes and biopiracy 6. Traditional knowledge, patents and biopiracy