Confronting biopiracy : challenges, cases and international debates / Daniel F. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Daniel F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biopiracy.

Biotechnology--Patents.

Biotechnology.

Traditional ecological knowledge--Law and legislation.

Traditional ecological knowledge.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Washington : Earthscan, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Biopiracy' refers either to the unauthorised extraction of biological resources, such as plants with medicinal properties, and associated traditional knowledge from indigenous peoples and local communities, or to the patenting of spurious 'inventions' based on such knowledge or resources without compensation. Biopiracy cases continue to emerge in the media and public eye, yet they remain the source of considerable disagreement, confusion, controversy and grief. The aim of this book is to provide the most detailed, coherent analysis of the issue of biopiracy to date. The book synthesises the r

Contents:

Front Cover; Confronting Biopiracy; Contents; Copyright Page; List of Boxes and Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; Research Insights; Structure of the Book; 1. Collecting - Prospecting - Piracy; Plant Hunting, Collecting and Trade; Ethnobotany; Intended or Unintended Impacts?; Bioprospecting; Biopiracy; Definitions and Ambiguity; Notes; 2. International Legal Backdrop; The Convention on Biological Diversity; The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; Patents, Plant-Variety Protection or Sui Generis System

The Expanded Review of Article 27.3(b)The World Intellectual Property Organization; The Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore; The International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants; The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture; Human Rights and Traditional Knowledge; Bilateral and Regional Trends; Following Current Developments - Research Sources; Notes; 3. Patent-Related Biopiracy Cases; Basmati Rice; Hawai'ian Taro; Yellow Enola Beans; Camu Camu Patents; Kwao Krua

Local Patents on Kwao KruaForeign Patents on Kwao Krua; Artemisia judaica; Hoodia; Japanese Patents on Plao Noi; Blight-Resistant Rice; Peruvian Maca; Ayahuasca; Other Reported Biopiracy Cases and Controversies; Are More Cases likely?; Notes; 4. Non-Patent Biopiracy Cases; Plant-Variety Protection as Biopiracy; 'Plant-Breeders' Wrongs' in Australia; Peanuts from Malawi; Habanero Pepper; Other Cases of Dubious Plant-Breeder Rights; Trademarks as Biopiracy?; The 'Jasmati' Trademark; Rooibos Tea; Açaí and Other Brazilian Cases; Misappropriations of Biological Resources and Traditional Knowledge

The Biotec/University of Portsmouth Marine Fungi CaseStepwise Program for the Improvement of Jasmine Rice for the US; The Blurry Line between Bioprospecting and Misappropriation - An Example from Chiang Mai; Notes; 5. Implications and Ethical Dilemmas - What have the Cases Shown?; Exclusion from Further Sale or Export; Inequities; Cultural Affront; Overexploitation of a Biological Resource; Breakdown of Research Relationships and Trust; Note; 6. Current Debates and Ways Forward: Internationally and Regionally; 'No Life Patents!'; Amendments to the Patent System

Controlling Access and Transfer of Biological Resources and/or Traditional KnowledgeOther Intellectual Property Opportunities; Indigenous Rights and Traditional Knowledge; Traditional Knowledge, Customary Protocols and Laws; Summary - International Governance; Regional Initiatives on Biological Resources and Traditional Knowledge; ASEAN Framework Agreement on Access and Benefit-sharing; African Model Law; Regional Biodiversity Strategy for the Tropical Andean Countries; Pacific Model Laws; Notes; 7 Current Debates and Ways Forward: National and Local Approaches

Peru's National Anti-Biopiracy Commission

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-61717-6

9786612617171

1-136-54412-7

1-84977-471-4

9781849774710

OCLC:

609863801