and discovery, the question of patents over genes, and the non-recognition of indigenous knowledge about the use of … instrument that can be used to provide protection to the traditional knowledge base of the South …

The note emphasizes the critical importance of documenting indigenous knowledge in writing, which can then be used to … challenge a patent claim on knowledge that is already in the public domain. It also highlights the usefulness of other forms of … communities seeking to regulate access over their resources, as they can be applied to knowledge that evolves over time, and with …

Indigenous communities and their lands, territories, natural resources and associated traditional knowledge. There have been … of the protection of Indigenous intellectual property and traditional knowledge has emerged during these international … Indigenous knowledge …

highlighted controversial aspects of the legal protection of indigenous knowledge with which the contributors to this volume have …