The birth and death of traditional knowledge: Paradoxical effects of biotechnology in India

Biodiversity and the Law: Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Traditional Knowledge

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 207-238

  Stone, Glenn Davis ^a  

^a Danforth Plant Science Center   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849770576     Document Type: Chapter

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