Essays about: "biopiracy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word biopiracy.
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1. “Our libraries are dying”: Biopiracy and the social value of traditional medicinal knowledge in Ecuadorian Amazonia
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : In a global social divide between modern and traditional, medicine has fallen into two sides. Still, much of modern medicine exists because of traditional medicinal knowledge, yet the latter is rarely given any recognition. READ MORE
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2. Plant, where are thou from? - an analysis of the disclosure requirement of origin of genetic resources in patent applications
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : In the last decades one of the main topics in the international intellectual property forum has been the biopiracy issue. Genetic resources and traditional knowledge from developing nations are being misappropriated (i.e. biopiracy), by commercial actors in order to receive patent protection. READ MORE
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3. Access and benefit sharing: a valid instrument for compensation?
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Patents on traditional knowledge and the issue of biopiracy has been a debated issue since the Uruguay Round in the early 1990s. In order to handle this problem, the United Nations established the Convention on Biological Diversity and a subsidiary working group on Access and Benefit Sharing. READ MORE
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4. The Global Struggle over Genetic Resources
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : ABS is the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the acronym for access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing, the legal-technical term designating the practice of collecting biological resources from nature. Rhetorically this practice is either designated as bio-prospecting or as biopiracy. READ MORE
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5. In the Best of Worlds : Benefit sharing and sustainable development in Babati, Tanzania
University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaperAbstract : Genetic resources are vital to all people, but especially the poor. They are also important for biodiversity, in turn a key factor in sustainable development. Since 1980, the bio industries have utilized genetic resources in their work, for example on pharmaceuticals, and patented their findings. READ MORE