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Rewarding Conservation of Biological and Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge and Contemporary Grassroots Creativity, IIMA W.P.No.2003-01-06, January 2003

This is a study on the role of intellectual property rights in the sharing of benefits arising from the use of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge, based on the data collected from Mali, Nigeria and India,brought out in CD format by WIPO-UNEP, 2002. (Ref: Document/UNEP/CBD/COP/5/INF/26 dated 10 May, 2000) Download

Ethics of Extraction

Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge, IIMA Working Paper No.99-10-05, October 1999 and later published in Protecting Biological Diversity under the title Blending Universal and Local Ethics: Accountability towards Nature, Perfect Strangers and Society (Eds. Catherine Potvin, Margaret Kraenzel and Gilles Seutin) , London, Ithaca, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal & Kingston, p. 129-148, 2001 — N95 Download

Sustainability Through Biodiversity

Designing Crucible of Culture, Creativity and Conscience. Presented at International Conference on Biodiversity and Conservation held at Danish Parliament, Copenhagen, November 8, 1991. IIMA Working Paper No.1005; published in the book, Criteria and Indicators of Sustainability in Rural Development: A Natural Resource Perspective. (Ed., Anil K Gupta) New Delhi and Calcutta: Oxford & IBH Publishing…