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Intellectual property rights and biodiversity conservation, an interdisciplinary analysis of the values of medicinal plants, edited by Timothy Swanson

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Intellectual property rights and biodiversity conservation, an interdisciplinary analysis of the values of medicinal plants, edited by Timothy Swanson

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Intellectual property rights and biodiversity conservation

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1057912389

Responsibility statement

edited by Timothy Swanson

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

an interdisciplinary analysis of the values of medicinal plants

Summary

The urgent need to ensure the conservation of biological diversity is now widely recognised, but practical measures to protect endangered species and habitats are still carried out on a small scale and generally limited to developed countries. This volume provides a detailed analysis of the economic and scientific rationales for biodiversity conservation. It discusses the justification for, and implementation of intellectual property rights regimes as incentive systems to encourage conservation. An interdisciplinary approach is used in the book, encompassing fields of study that include evolutionary biology, chemistry, economics and legal studies. The arguments are presented using the case study of the use of medicinal plants in the pharmaceutical industry. The book will be of interest and relevance to a broad spectrum of conservationists, from research students to policy makers.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Part A. Plant communities and the generation of information. Part B. The value of plant-generated information in pharmaceuticals. Part C. The institutions for regulating information from diversity. Part D. The importance of cultural diversity in biodiversity conservation

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Intellectual Property Rights & Biodiversity Conservation

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