Intellectual property, community rights and human rights : the biological and genetic resources of developing countries - Mahop, Marcelin Tonye (Milton Park, Abingdon [England] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010)
Setting the scene -- Patents, PBRs and community rights in international forums -- Brief overview on community rights in selected national regulatory instruments -- Selected international and regional human-rights instruments and their provisions on community rights and IPRs -- Incursion in the 'bio-piracy' debate : modern exploitation of biodiversity components of developing countries and community rights -- Soft and regional undertakings aimed at community rights -- Broader framework of the suggested regulatory measures -- Applicability of the regulatory measures -- Final remarks.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-193) and index.
Keywords: Biopiracy; Biotechnology -- Law and legislation; Traditional ecological knowledge -- Law and legislation -- Developing countries