Patent protection for
indigenous knowledge systems
Traditional knowledge
of indigenous socieities is increasingly utilized by the biotechnology
industry, with little or no returns to the indigenous people themselves.
Defense against such "biopiracy" can benefit everyone.
"Traditional
Ecological Knowledge Prior Art Database" (American Association for the
Advancement of Science)
Transforming
Traditional Knowledge into Trade Secrets (Joseph Henry Vogel)
Common
Property Rights: An Alternative to IPRs (Vandana Shiva)
Conserving
Indigenous Knowledge - Integrating New Systems of Integration (Civil Society
Division of the United Nations Development Programme)