[MPWG] FW: [ikww] IKWW March 2004 online

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Following is a link with several interesting articles, links and
announcements regarding Intellectual Property issues.  Some members of MPWG
have expressed interest in or concern about MPWG's seeming lack of
acknowledgment on this complex issue.

Perhaps this is an opportunity for those of you who have been following
these issues to "find" each other on the listserve and then plan a
discussion amongst yourselves (by direct e-mailings rather than to the
group) about the state of affairs regarding IPR.

I would be interested in hearing any outcomes or suggestions you might have
on the subject.   Please contact me directly to follow up on this.

Thank you,
Patricia

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
US Fish & Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 750
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276

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Latest issue of IKWW (March 2004) is now online:
http://www.nuffic.nl/ik-pages/ikww/200402IKWW.pdf

Featuring:
* Editorial on the transfer of our Indigenous Knowledge publishing
activities

* News from the field
- Indigenous strategies for keeping goats from damaging maize crops in the
dry season
- Indigenous approach to the sustainable conservation of agro-biodiversity:
learning from the Bhar community

* Calls & Conferences
- Call for papers; Indilinga
- Call for information: Pastoralist Forum Ethiopia
- Local knowledge in development: problems and prospects
- South African colloquium on Indigenous Knowledge Systems

* Publications
- AAAS Handbook on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge
- Trading in Knowledge: Development Perspectives on TRIPS, Trade and
Sustainability
- The environmental workbook

* Organizations and networks
- Healthy diversity through Indigenous Vegetables
- PROLINNOVA







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