Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Posey, Darrell A.;Dutfield, Graham

ISBN 10: 088936799X / ISBN 13: 9780889367999

Published by International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1996

About this Item

xv, 303pp., references. Very light wear. "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." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
• Publisher: International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 088936799X
• ISBN 13: 9780889367999
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First.
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law and Politics
  • Arctic, Northern, and Native

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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.

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.