The protection of traditional knowledge in the Ecuadorian Amazon : a critical ethnography of capital expansion
This thesis argues that Access and Benefit Sharing CABS) agreements, no matter how fair and equitable, ultimately help to destroy traditional knowledge rather than protect it. ABS agreements are promoted and implemented as one of the key mechanisms for the protection of traditional knowledge from il...
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Lancaster University
2010
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.578252 |