Intellectual Property Rights on Genetic Resources and the Fight Against Poverty

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	Intellectual Property Rights on Genetic Resources and the Fight Against Poverty
	Christiane Gerstetter; Christine Lucha; Katriona McGlade; Elizabeth Tedsen JD
	2011
出版年	2011
页数	64
语种	英语
国家	德国
出版者	Ecologic Institute, Germany
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	Developing countries are the main providers of genetic resources and traditional knowledge. Conversely, most intellectual property rights (IPRs) on seeds and medicines are concentrated in developed countries. This has some disadvantages for developing countries. Thus, patents on seed or pharmaceutical products sometimes make the access to such products for the poor more difficult and expensive; there are hardly any positive effects of IPRs on fighting poverty by contrast. This is the result of a study for the European Parliament that Ecologic Institute helped to write. The study, which was written by Ecologic Institute (Christiane Gerstetter, Christine Lucha, Katriona McGlade and Elizabeth Tedsen) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel is available for download.Genetic resources, in the form of seed, are the basis for agriculture and thus world food security. Equally, genetic resources in the form of medicinal plants and the associated knowledge are an important input for new pharmaceuticals. Traditionally, food crops and medicinal plants have been developed by local and indigenous communities and farmers all over the world. In recent decades, research institutions and private companies have, however, taken an increasing interest in genetic resources; in parallel, legal frameworks on intellectual property rights (IPR) have been expanded to afford stronger IPR protection for seed and pharmaceuticals. The study Intellectual Property Rights and Fighting Poverty [pdf, 1 MB, English] was commissioned by the European Parliament and is carried out by the Institute for European Studies (link is external) (Brussels) and the Ecologic Institute.The study is available for download.
英文关键词	intellectual property Nagoya Protocol agriculture pharmaecuticals access and benefit sharing indigenous peoples South Africa India Brasil
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来源平台	Ecologic Institute (EU)
文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/2585
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Christiane Gerstetter,Christine Lucha,Katriona McGlade,et al. Intellectual Property Rights on Genetic Resources and the Fight Against Poverty:Ecologic Institute, Germany,2011.