| Author | : Ikechi Mgbeoji |
| File Size | : 42,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : UBC Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 01 November 2011 |
| ISBN | : 9780774840255 |
| Pages | : 335 pages |
Global Biopiracy by Ikechi Mgbeoji Book PDF Summary
Legal 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.
