Commodification of the sacred through intellectual property rights

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 3-12

  Posey, Darrell A ^a,b   Plenderleith, Kristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural Landscapes; Indigenous and local communities; Moratorium; Nature; Partnership; Rights; Sacred balance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; PATENT; SOCIETY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0036876635     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00189-7     Document Type: Article

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