[MPWG] A law being drafted in South Africa is likely to be changed to exempt traditional remedies from rigorous testing.

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South African herbal remedies 'will avoid strict tests'
A law being drafted in South Africa is likely to be changed to exempt 
traditional remedies from rigorous testing.

26 January 2005
Source: IOL / Times of Zambia

http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/index.cfm?fuseaction=dossierreaditem&dossier=7&type=1&itemid=1876&language=1

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Developing nations want treaty on use of biodiversity

Biodiversity-rich countries are pressing for international rules on 
access to their biological resources and how benefits from such use 
should be shared.
24 January 2005
Source: SciDev.Net
http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/index.cfm?fuseaction=dossierreaditem&dossier=7&type=1&itemid=1873&language=1

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Profits from indigenous knowledge must be shared

Rajesh Kochhar says profits from patents on innovations derived from 
traditional knowledge should be shared with the world's poor.
30 November 2004
Source: The Times of India
http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/index.cfm?fuseaction=dossierreaditem&dossier=7&type=3&itemid=339&language=1

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Global legislation on indigenous knowledge

Recent years have seen rising interest in the commercial exploitation of 
indigenous knowledge. But there are serious concerns over who benefits. 
Anju Sharma puts this debate into context by describing how the issue is 
being played out at the global level.
Anju Sharma
March 2004

http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/index.cfm?fuseaction=policybrief&dossier=7&policy=50
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National and regional laws to protect IK related to genetic resources
The past decade has seen the development and, in some cases, adoption of 
national legislation to protect indigenous knowledge (IK) in certain 
countries and regions. Manuel Ruiz identifies and analyses the issues 
raised by the best-known IK protection laws and policies.

Manuel Ruiz
March 2004
http://www.scidev.net/dossiers/index.cfm?fuseaction=policybrief&dossier=7&policy=49

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Awareness of the value of indigenous knowledge — particularly its 
potential contribution to sustainable development —
is growing at a time when such knowledge is being threatened as never 
before.


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See also:
Nuffic indigenous knowledge pages
http://www.nuffic.nl/ik-pages

Science and Traditional Knowledge (International Council for Science)
http://www.icsu.org/New/TK-report/FinalTKreport.pdf



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