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

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Charles R. McManis
Earthscan, 2012 - 521 pages
How do we promote global economic development, while simultaneously preserving local biological and cultural diversity? This authoritative volume, written by leading legal experts and biological and social scientists from around the world, addresses this question in all of its complexity. The first part of the book focuses on biodiversity and examines what we are losing, why and what is to be done. The second part addresses biotechnology and looks at whether it is part of the solution or part of the problem, or perhaps both. The third section examines traditional knowledge, explains what it is and how, if at all, it should be protected. The fourth and final part looks at ethnobotany and bioprospecting and offers practical lessons from the vast and diverse experiences of the contributors.

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Law Science and Practice
1
What are We Losing and Why And What is to be Done?
25
Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem Or Both?
135
What Is It and How If At All Should It Be Protected?
239
Thinking Globally Acting Locally
371
Index
475
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Charles McManis is the Thomas and Karole Green Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Program at Washington University, USA, where he specializes in international intellectual property and environmental law.

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