Intellectual property rights and agricultural biodiversity: Literature addressing the suitability of IPR for the protection of indigenous resources

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-49

  King, Amanda B ^a,b   Eyzaguirre, Pablo B ^a,c  

^a International Plant Genetic Resources Institute Maccarese   (Italy)

^b International Plant Genetics Resources Institute (IPGRI)   (Italy)

^c IPGRI

Author keywords

Conservation; Indigenous knowledge; Indigenous peoples; Intellectual Property Rights; Plant genetic resources; Traditional Resource Rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006043334     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007573305127     Document Type: Review

References (13)

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