| Global Biopiracy: Patents, Plants, and Indigenous Knowledge Contributor(s): Mgbeoji, Ikechi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774811528 ISBN-13: 9780774811521 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Intellectual Property - Patent |
| Dewey: 346.048 |
| LCCN: 2006404885 |
| Series: Law and Society (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.16" (1.32 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Legal control and ownership of plants and traditional knowledge of the uses of plants (TKUP) is a vexing issue. The phenomenon of appropriation of plants and TKUP, otherwise known as biopiracy, thrives in a cultural milieu where non-Western forms of knowledge are systemically marginalized and devalued as folk knowledge or characterized as inferior. Global Biopiracy rethinks the role of international law and legal concepts, the Western-based, Eurocentric patent systems of the world, and international agricultural research institutions as they affect legal ownership and control of plants and TKUP. |