Genetic resources and traditional knowledge
Subtitle: case studies and conflicting interests
By: edited by Tania Bubela, E. Richard Gold
Series: Elgar intellectual property and global development; Elgar intellectual property and global development
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9781848442238; 9781781002629
Subjects: Traditional ecological knowledge; Civil rights; Law and legislation; Case studies; Germplasm resources conservation; Indigenous peoples; Legal status, laws; Biodiversity conservation
Description: 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. Drawing on the expertise of local specialists from around the globe, the chapters judiciously mix theory and empirical evidence to provide a deep and convincing understanding of traditional knowledge, innovation, access to genetic resources, and benefit sharing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Indigenous Rights and Traditional Knowledge / Tania Bubela and E. Richard Gold; title: Part 1. The international legal legal and political landscape; title: WIPO, Genetic Resources and TK: The Evolution of a Formal Intellectual Property Agreement Protecting TK : Associated with Genetic Resources / Charles Lawson; title: A Comparative Analysis of Access and Benefits Sharing Systems / Rebecca Crookshanks and Peter W.B. Phillips; title: From Traditional Medicines to Modern Drugs / Graham Dutfield; title: Part 2. Case Studies; title: Brazil : Property Rights, Biocultural Resources and Two Tragedies : Some Lessons from Brazil / Edson Beas Rodrigues Jr.; title: Kenya : Old Wine in New Skin : Traditional Knowledge and Customary Law Under the Evolving Normative Environment in Kenya / Kent Nnadozie; title: India : Sustaining the Indigenous Knowledge Commons / Ashok Kumbamu; title: Canada : Canada's First Nations' Policies and Practices Related to Managing Traditional Knowledge / Peter W.B. Phillips ... [et al.]; title: Aboriginal Rights and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Northern Canada / Cherie Metcalf and Tania Bubela; title: Respecting and Aligning Knowledge Systems in Northern Canada : Beyond the International Polar Year / David S. Hik, Tania Bubela and Scot Nickels; title: Part 3. Conclusion; title: A Capabilities-Based Framework / Julia Carbone.