Beyond intellectual property : toward traditional resource rights for indigenous peoples and local communities / Darrell A. Posey and Graham Dutfield.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Posey, Darrell Addison, 1947-

Contributor:

International Development Research Centre (Canada)

Dutfield, Graham.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Legal status, laws, etc.

Indigenous peoples.

Cultural property--Protection--Law and legislation.

Cultural property.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Other Title:

Toward traditional resource rights for indigenous peoples and local communities

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Beyond Intellectual Property, authors Darrell A. Posey and Graham Dutfield listen and respond to this voice. They offer sound and reasonable advice on how indigenous peoples and local communities worldwide should approach and deal with the myriad of issues surrounding intellectual property and traditional resource rights. For indigenous peoples' groups, activists and policymakers in intellectual property, and all those concerned with the preservation of our planet's biological and cultural diversity, Beyond Intellectual Property provides an invaluable and eye-opening look into one of the mo

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Who visits communities, what are they seeking, and why?; Chapter 2 What happens to traditional knowledge and resources?; Chapter 3 Who benefits from traditional resources?; Chapter 4 Will the community be informed?; Chapter 5 What right do communities have to say "yes" or "no" to commercialization?; Chapter 6 How can a community take legal action?; Chapter 7 What are contracts and covenants?; Chapter 8 Are intellectual property rights useful?

Chapter 9 Can communities develop their own system for protecting traditional resourcerights?Chapter 10 Are legally binding international agreements useful?; Chapter 11 How can communities use "soft law" and nonbinding international agreements?; Chapter 12 Are nongovernmental, nonlegal instruments useful?; Chapter 13 Why are funds and funding guidelines important?; Chapter 14 What creative strategies and unique solutions have been developed?; Chapter 15 Toward protection, compensation, and community de

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-71741-6

9786610717415

1-55250-055-1

OCLC:

243500840