Contested ownership: TRIPs, CBD, and implications for Southern African biodiversity

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 294-321

  Zerbe, Noah ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LEGISLATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037727811     PISSN: 15691500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156915002100419853     Document Type: Article

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