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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