Intellectual property, community rights, and human rights : the biological and genetic resources of developing countries / Marcelin Tonye Mahop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahop, Marcelin Tonye, author.

Series:

Routledge Research in Intellectual Property

Routledge Research in Intellectual Property ; v.v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biopiracy.

Biotechnology--Law and legislation.

Biotechnology.

Traditional ecological knowledge--Law and legislation--Developing countries.

Traditional ecological knowledge.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book considers the issue of biodiversity in developing countries in relation to intellectual-property rights, community rights and human rights. Drawing together a number of case studies of developing countries rich in biological and genetic resources including India, South Africa and Brazil, the book examines the access to PGRs and their utilizations in the contexts of scientific and commercial oriented activities pursued both in the source and user countries. Exploring how community rights are protected in national biodiversity-related regulations and some international legal instrum

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Setting the scene; 2 Patents, PBRs and community rights in international forums; 3 Brief overview on community rights in selected national regulatory instruments; 4 Selected international and regional human-rights instruments and their provisions on community rights and IPRs; 5 Incursion in the 'bio-piracy' debate: Modern exploitation of the biodiversity components of developing countries and community rights; 6 Soft and regional undertakings aimed at community rights

7 Broader framework of the suggested regulatory measures8 Applicability of the regulatory measures; 9 Final remarks; Appendix I: CITES permitting approach in brief; Appendix II: Laws, policies, professional and ethical codes and declarations; Appendix III: Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-98045-8

1-136-98046-6

1-282-63963-3

9786612639630

0-203-85298-2

9780203852989

OCLC:

642661672