Intellectual Property

Publications

Dismantling the Divide Between Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge (Agrawal, 1995)
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Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (Posey and Dutfield, 1996)
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Between the Sacred and the Secular: Indigenous Intellectual Property, International Markets and the Modern African State (Ostergard et al., 2006)
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Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Peoples (WIPO and LIENIP, 2009)
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Triggering the Synergies between Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity (GTZ, 2010)
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Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property (Krikorian and Kapczynski (Eds.), 2010)
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Latest News

African Indigenous Peoples Declaration on Rio +20
Via www.mpido.orgA gathering of indigenous African communities adopted the Declaration of Indigenous Peoples of Africa on Sustainable Development and Rio +20 in Arusha, Tanzania on 19 April 2012. The …
Seeking ICT Support: May-July, 2012
Natural Justice is seeking a Cape Town-based service provider to support our organisation in maintaining, updating and occasionally developing further Natural Justice’s internet presence. Successful a …
New IUCN-CEESP Newsletter
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy’s (IUCN-CEESP) latest newsletter was released in May. The newsletter reports on the act …
Community Meeting in Bwabata Park, Namibia
Through its African Biocultural Community Protocol (BCP) Initiative, Natural Justice travelled to the Bwabwata National Park in West Kaprivi, Namibia during the week of 7th May to meet with residents. …
Wapichan Map 1.4 Million Hectares
Photo from www.forestpeoples.orgIn a bid to protect over 1.4 million hectares of community land, the Wapichan community of Guyana have produced a digital map of their territories. The mapping project, …

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