LEADER 04079nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910783748203321 005 20231206225707.0 010 $a1-282-74079-2 010 $a9786612740794 010 $a0-7748-5170-8 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774851701 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000279913 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11227287 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279913 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10268313 035 $a(PQKB)10601262 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404214 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521801 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412122 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10130627 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL274079 035 $a(OCoLC)923441966 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/z3spqx 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412122 035 $a(DE-B1597)662059 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774851701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3244086 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246731 100 $a20050826d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGlobal biopiracy$b[electronic resource] $epatents, plants and Indigenous knowledge /$fIkechi Mgbeoji 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc2006 215 $axvi, 311 p. ;$d24 cm 225 1 $aLaw and society series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7748-1153-6 311 $a0-7748-1152-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAcronyms -- $tIntroduction -- $tPatents, Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge, and Biopiracy -- $tImplications of Biopiracy for Biological and Cultural Diversity -- $tThe Appropriative Aspects of Biopiracy -- $tPatent Regimes and Biopiracy -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex -- $tLaw and Society 330 $aLegal control and ownership of plants and traditional knowledge of the uses of plants (TKUP) is a vexing issue. The phenomenon of appropriation of plants and TKUP, otherwise known as biopiracy, thrives in a cultural milieu where non-Western forms of knowledge are systemically marginalized and devalued as "folk knowledge" or characterized as inferior. Global Biopiracy rethinks the role of international law and legal concepts, the Western-based, Eurocentric patent systems of the world, and international agricultural research institutions as they affect legal ownership and control of plants and TKUP. The analysis is cast in various contexts and examined at multiple levels. The first deals with the Eurocentric character of the patent system, international law, and institutions. The second involves the cultural and economic dichotomy between the industrialized Western world and the westernizing, developing world. The third level of analysis considers the phenomenal loss of human cultures and plant diversity. Exhaustively researched and eloquently argued, Global Biopiracy sheds new light on a contentious topic. The impact of intellectual property law on indigenous peoples and informal or traditional innovations is a field of study that currently includes only a handful of scholars. Biopiracy will be an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and legal practitioners. 410 0$aLaw and society series (Vancouver, B.C.) 606 $aPatents (International law) 606 $aPlants, Cultivated$vPatents 606 $aTraditional ecological knowledge 606 $aPlant biotechnology$vPatents 606 $aEurocentrism 606 $aBiodiversity 615 0$aPatents (International law) 615 0$aPlants, Cultivated 615 0$aTraditional ecological knowledge. 615 0$aPlant biotechnology 615 0$aEurocentrism. 615 0$aBiodiversity. 676 $a346.04/86 700 $aMgbeoji$b Ikechi$f1968-$0571847 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783748203321 996 $aGlobal biopiracy$93813122 997 $aUNINA