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Author: Crucible Group
Publisher: IDRC
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 0889367256
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeople, Plants and Patents: The impact of intellectual property on biodiversity, conservation, trade and rural society
Author: Charles R. McManis
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 521
ISBN-13: 1849770573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow do we promote global economic development, while simultaneously preserving local biological and cultural diversity? This authoritative volume, written by leading legal experts and biological and social scientists from around the world, addresses this question in all of its complexity. The first part of the book focuses on biodiversity and examines what we are losing, why and what is to be done. The second part addresses biotechnology and looks at whether it is part of the solution or part of the problem, or perhaps both. The third section examines traditional knowledge, explains what it is and how, if at all, it should be protected. The fourth and final part looks at ethnobotany and bioprospecting and offers practical lessons from the vast and diverse experiences of the contributors.
Author: Kok Peng Khor
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2002-12
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781842772355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntellectual property rights are a major source of controversy. Corporations are now patenting human genes, plants and other biological materials, many of which exist in nature or have been used for generations by farmers and indigenous peoples. Martin Khor examines the biopiracy phenomenon, its links to the TRIPS Agreement, and its various effects.
Author: Graham Dutfield
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1849776237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text examines the international agreements governing trade in genetic resources - crucial resources for world agriculture, food security and large industries such as pharmaceuticals. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in these resources are critical for those involved in the trade, including industry and developing countries. The book analyzes the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), World Trade Organization agreements and other agreements. It explains how they can be integrated into an equitable training regime.
Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher: IDRC
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 0889369003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWithin the countries of South and North America are found some of the most diverse collections of flora and fauna in the world. Colombia alone carries over 50 thousand different plant species. This precious resource, however, is quickly dwindling. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are tapping America's genetic resources at an ever-increasing rate, and habitat destruction has pushed many species to extinction or to the brink of extinction. "Protecting Biodiversity" addresses one of the most fundamental aspects of this important issue: the lack of adequate national laws regulating access to, and compensation for, the use of local genetic resources. This book is the first to compare such laws and policies across a range of countries in both the industrialized and developing worlds, including Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and the United States. It also presents legal viewpoints, conclusions, and solid recommendations for future action. "Protecting Biodiversity" is the newest reference book in the rapidly emerging legal field that combines environmental, intellectual property, contract, and administrative law.
Author: Jonathan Curci
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 0521199441
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyses the methods of protection of biodiversity and related traditional knowledge in the international and comparative national intellectual property systems.
Author: Chidi Oguamanam
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 0802039022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the suitability of mainstream forms of intellectual propety rights to indigenous knowledge and efforts to reconcile the Western concept of intellectual property with indigenous knowledge.
Author: Simon Emmerson
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 0754698335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTechnology revolutionised the ways that music was produced in the twentieth century. As that century drew to a close and a new century begins a new revolution in roles is underway. The separate categories of composer, performer, distributor and listener are being challenged, while the sounds of the world itself become available for musical use. All kinds of sounds are now brought into the remit of composition, enabling the music of others to be sampled (or plundered), including that of unwitting musicians from non-western cultures. This sound world may appear contradictory - stimulating and invigorating as well as exploitative and destructive. This book addresses some of the issues now posed by the brave new world of music produced with technology.
Author: Geoff Tansey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-05-04
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1136553924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis practical book highlights the key issues of intellectual property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity and food security. Additionally it covers negotiations in the World Trade Organization, Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Food and Agriculture Organization and various other international bodies.
Author: Dan Leskien
Publisher: Bioversity International
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9290433299
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