Posts tagged Nagoya Protocol
Expedited COVID-19 Research & Development: Indigenous Knowledge and ABS Imperative
Expedited COVID-19 Research & Development: Indigenous Knowledge and ABS Imperative

With the world on edge as COVID-19 progresses, the scientific community has sprung into gear in search of an effective treatment. Amidst this development, traditional knowledge plays a significant role in scientific endeavours.

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamCOVID-19, Health Law and Medical Ethics, Madagascar, China, WHO, Costa Rica, IP and Knowledge Governance, Indigenous, Nagoya Protocol, Biotechnology, Politics, Canada
WIPO Expert Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Takes Another Look at Draft Genetic Resources Text in 2018
WIPO Expert Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Takes Another Look at Draft Genetic Resources Text in 2018

For the 35th time in 18 years, experts have yet again gathered at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) headquarters in Geneva where they are scheduled to remain in deliberation between March 19 and 23, 2018. This meeting of the WIPO IGC is at the instance of the body’s renewed mandate for the 2018 and 2019 biennium after it failed, last year, to secure the transition of its draft texts.

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Blog PostChidi OguamanamWIPO, IP and Knowledge Governance, Traditional Culture, International, USA, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Europe, Africa, South America, Nagoya Protocol