Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward traditional resources rights for indigenous peoples and local communities - Softcover

Posey, Darrell

 
9780889367999: Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward traditional resources rights for indigenous peoples and local communities

Synopsis

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 most provocative and explosive issues of this century and likely the next: the patenting of life.

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About the Author

Darrell Posey is a Research Professor at the Federal University of Maranhao, Sao Luis, Brazil. He is also a Fellow of Linacre College and Director of the Programme for Traditional Resource Rights at Mansfield College. Dr Posey is Past President of the International Society for Ethnobiology and a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. He is a recipient of the international Sierra Club's "Chico Mendes Award" and the UNEP Global 500 Roll of Honour Award.

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