Bioprospecting and intellectual property rights on African plant commons and knowledge: a new form of colonization viewed from an ethical perspective

Bioprospecting and intellectual property rights on African plant commons and knowledge: a new form of colonization viewed from an ethical perspective

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This study engages in an ethical examination of contemporary socio-ecological and economic issues which takes seriously the plight of Africa, African communities, indigenous knowledge and biodiversity. It studies the impact of bioprospecting, biopiracy and intellectual property rights regimes on the...

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Main Author: Lenkabula, Puleng
Other Authors: Motlhabi, M.B.G.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Bioprospecting
Biopiracy
Intellectual property rights
Patents
Ethics
Botho/ ubuntu
Justice
Colonialism
Globalization
Privatisation
Multinational companies
Trips
241.096
Christian ethics > Africa
Traditional ecological knowledge > Africa
Ethnoscience > Africa
Ethnology > Africa
Medicinal plants > Africa
Biodiversity > Africa
Intellectual property > Africa
Cultural property > Africa
Online Access:Lenkabula, Puleng (2009) Bioprospecting and intellectual property rights on African plant commons and knowledge: a new form of colonization viewed from an ethical perspective, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/719>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/719

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Lenkabula, Puleng (2009) Bioprospecting and intellectual property rights on African plant commons and knowledge: a new form of colonization viewed from an ethical perspective, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/719>
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/719

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