TY  - GEN
N2  - The urgent need to ensure the conservation of biological diversity is now widely recognised, but the role of an intellectual property rights regime as an instrument for biodiversity conservation is poorly understood and often hotly debated. This volume is a detailed analysis of the economic and scientific rationales of the use of a property rights-based approach to 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 such as 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.
AB  - The urgent need to ensure the conservation of biological diversity is now widely recognised, but the role of an intellectual property rights regime as an instrument for biodiversity conservation is poorly understood and often hotly debated. This volume is a detailed analysis of the economic and scientific rationales of the use of a property rights-based approach to 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 such as 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.
T1  - Intellectual property rights and biodiversity conservation :an interdisciplinary analysis of the values of medicinal plants /
AU  - Swanson, Timothy,
AU  - Swanson, Timothy,
CN  - QH75
N1  - 10. Biodiversity and the conservation of medicinal plants: issues from the perspective of the developing world / Mohamed Khalil.
ID  - 22853
KW  - Botanical drug industry.
KW  - Medicinal plants.
KW  - Propriété intellectuelle.
KW  - Biodiversité
KW  - Plantes
KW  - Plantes médicinales
KW  - Plantes médicinales.
KW  - Plant conservation.
KW  - Biodiversity conservation.
KW  - Intellectual property.
KW  - MEDICINAL PLANTS
KW  - PATENTS : PATENTABILITY : HORTICULTURAL AND FOOD PRODUCTS
KW  - PHARMACEUTICAL DISCOVERY PROCESS
KW  - CULTURAL RIGHTS
SN  - 0521635802
TI  - Intellectual property rights and biodiversity conservation :an interdisciplinary analysis of the values of medicinal plants /
ER  -