Valuing local knowledge : indigenous people and intellectual property rights /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Brush, Stephen B., 1943-, Stabinsky, Doreen
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [1996]
Subjects:	Human ecology > Philosophy. Ethnophilosophy. Ethnobotany. Indigenous peoples > Economic conditions. Biodiversity. Conservation of natural resources. Sustainable development. Environmental policy > Economic aspects.

Table of Contents:

Whose knowledge, whose genes, whose rights? / Stephen B. Brush
Tribal rights / Thomas Greaves
Center, periphery, and biodiversity : a paradox of governance and a developmental challenge / Michael R. Dove
Telling stories about biological diversity / Charles Zerner
Sketches, qualms, and other thoughts on intellectual property rights / Stephen Gudeman
The new environmentalist movement of Latin American indigenous people / Stefano Varese
Is common heritage outmoded? / Stephen B. Brush
Biological diversity, indigenous knowledge, drug discovery, and intellectual property rights / Steven R. King, Thomas J. Carlson, Katy Moran
Sharing the benefits of plant resources and indigenous scientific knowledge / Gary Paul Nabhan ... [et al.]
Culture and community values in the selection and maintenance of African rice / Paul Richards
Tradition, regulation, and intellectual property : local agricultural products and foodstuffs in France / Laurence Berard, Philippe Marchenay
Selling Hawaiian crop cultivars / Brien A. Meilleur
Quid pro quo : alternatives for equity and conservation / Thomas D. Mays ... [et al.]
Agreements to collect biodiversity for pharmaceutical research : major issues and proposed principles / Francesca T. Grifo, David R. Downes
Can the intellectual property rights system serve the interests of indigenous knowledge? / Surendra J. Patel.