Trade-related intellectual property rights, north-south trade, and biological diversity

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-163

  Droege, Susanne ^a   Soete, Birgit ^b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Farmers' rights; Intellectual property rights; North South trade; TRIPS

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTECTION;

PATENT PROTECTION; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS; TRADE RELATIONS; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0035023055     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011167017863     Document Type: Article

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