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The WIPO Treaty on Genetic Resources: A Misguided Expansion That Threatens the Patent Bargain

WIPO's new Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge would impose additional ...
The Conversation

Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this

Margaret Raven receives funding from Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with NSW Government as a member of an Indigenous Advisory Group and a grant to examine co-governance. Daniel ...
Indiatimes

Govt school teachers to undergo training in traditional knowledge systems

New Delhi: Govt school teachers in Delhi are set to undergo specialised training in India's traditional knowledge systems.The programme, scheduled to begin in Sept, will be conducted at two Indian ...
Mongabay

Indigenous traditional knowledge revival helps conserve great apes

Deforestation and hunting continue to put Africa’s great apes at risk. National parks and other top down strategies have met with limited success. Many conservationists are trying alternative ...
NewsDay Zimbabwe

Seed sovereignty: Traditional knowledge turning farmers into climate champions

INDIGENOUS communities have developed ways of adapting to environmental changes. These knowledge systems, also known as ...
IPWatchdog

Indigenizing the Intellectual Property System

“If we remain oblivious to the ineffectiveness of our IP laws for protecting indigenous creations, such cases of cultural appropriation and IP theft will continue.” On August 9, we once again observe ...