Brazil’s Practical Experience With Access And Benefit Sharing And The Protection Of ...

Brazil’s Practical Experience With Access And Benefit Sharing And The Protection Of Traditional Knowledge International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development   The use of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge (ATK) has been characterized by lack of regulation and unfair benefit sharing. This picture began to change only in 1993, when the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) came into force recognizing national sovereignty over genetic resources and the need for...

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