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Intellectual property rights for indigenous peoples: A source book

Author
Greaves T.(ed)
Date
1994
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-052994)
Publisher | Place of publication
Society for Applied Anthropology | Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Pages
274 p.
Language
English
Field of application
International
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Management/conservation Intellectual property rights/patents Wild flora Indigenous peoples
Abstract

Contents: 1. IPR, a current survey 2. Gifts from the creator: Intellectual property rights and folk crop varieties 3. Tribal sovereignty and the control of knowledge 4. Collecting traditional medicines in Nigeria: A proposal for IPR compensation 5. Establishing reciprocity: Biodiversity, conservation and new models for cooperation between forest dwelling peoples and the pharmaceutical industry 6. Policies for international cooperation and compensation in drug discovery and development at the United States National Cancer Institute, the NCI letter of collection 7. Biocultural diversity conservation through the healing forest conservancy 8. Buying secrets: Federal Government procurement of intellectual cultural property 9. A non-market approach to protecting biological resources 10. Natural products and the commercialization of traditional knowledge 11. Between State and capital: NGOs as allies of indigenous peoples 12. A legal paradigm for protecting traditional knowledge 13. Human rights and cultural heritage, developments in the United Nations Working Group on indigenous populations 14. Human rights implications of indigenous peoples 's intellectual property rights 15. International agreements and intellectual property right protection for indegenous peoples