Traditional Communities as "Subjects of Rights" and the Commoditization of Knowledge in Brazil

The International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 169 and the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) led signatory state-members to recognize traditional communities as subjects of rights, and no longer as objects of tutelage. However, their implementation may bring new challenges in states ad...

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Main Authors: Noemi M. Porro, Joaquim Shiraishi Neto, Roberto Porro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Western Ontario 2015-05-01
Series:International Indigenous Policy Journal
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Online Access:http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1228&context=iipj