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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Biopiracy"”.
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Biopiracy' and Patents - Developing Countries' fears are exaggerated
This thesis will examine such ''biopiracy' patents' and tries to evaluate whether the criticisms related with them are true and whether and how far these patents have indeed negative impacts on indigenous communities and developing countries. It will be shown that the fear of the slogan 'biopiracy' …
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From fable to court: tracing the curation of indigenous knowledge in a biopiracy case
… grounded theory study of curation and biopiracy of medicinal knowledge about Hoodia. Hoodia is a succulent cactus used by the San people for sustenance and medicinal purposes, and a victim of biopiracy as indigenous knowledge of its properties has been patented with the aim of …
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Access and benefit-sharing regimes concerning the utilization of plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge regarding the use of plant genetic resources: using law, economics, and empirical methods to analyze plant genetic resources issues, including biopiracy, bioprospecting, and intellectual property
… of PGRs from national sovereignties to be “Biopiracy,” and favors limitations on the collection of PGRs and promotes the sharing of benefits with the origin countries of PGRs. This dissertation uses Probit Regression to uncover interactions between access and benefit-sharing (ABS) regimes …
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Balancing indigeneous community rights and intellectual property rights in the protection of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in South Africa
… traditional knowledge from misappropriation and biopiracy, whilst also ensuring that biodiversity rich countries and their indigenous peoples receive a fair and equitable share of the benefits derived from their utilisation. This study examined the protection of genetic resources and traditional …
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Developing guidelines for the protection of indigeneous knowledge under agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area
… of indigenous knowledge. Grounded in a combined biopiracy, IP, and, free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) conceptual framework, this study develops an "Integrated Indigenous Knowledge Protection Theory," which justifies the adaptation of the conventional IP regimes and developing a sui generis …
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Distorting the Life of Maca (Lepidium Miyenii)
… Peru’s biodiversity, including maca, and an anti-biopiracy commission established to track possible cases, along with national media reports that have brought consciousness to government and population on the topic; it has not been sufficient to eradicate or bring solutions to the problems maca …
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Challenges to Implementing Community Based Ecotourism (CBET) as a Bottom up Development Approach in the Sinharaja Rain Forest (Sri Lanka)
… and the selling of rare flora and fauna (biopiracy), and results in anthropogenic disturbances to nature. The influence of “drug-sex’ tourism, associated with superimposed capitalism, creates potential for further socio-cultural issues. This research also highlights the strong influence of …
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Traditional Intellectual Property Protection in Tanzania: The Case of Traditional Medicinal Knowledge
… The study after assessing the various forms of biopiracy in Tanzania and the attempts to protect traditional medicine, it proceeds to conclude that the nub of the arguments for protecting TK presented thus far has been that the existing intellectual property laws have been the product of Western …