Traditional Medicines and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Issues

Has been developed from experience gained over the centuries and have been adapted to local culture and environment, traditional knowledge and traditional medicinal practices transmitted orally from generation to generation. It tends to be shared in the form of stories, songs, folklore, proverbs, etc. related to cultural values, beliefs, rituals, community laws and the local [...]

The Importance of Conservation of Traditional Native Crops and Crop Related Diversity During the Second Green Revolution

The Importance of Conservation of Traditional Native Crops and Crop related diversity during the Second Green Revolution
By Dr. Ashok Panigrahi, formerly Principal Investigator, UGC Maj. Res. Proj. Org. Farming Project Director, Navdanya Project- Sustainable Development of Ecosystems in Orissa, Bls.
Any discussion on agriculture in India must begin with [...]

Scope of research in Traditional Medicines, TKDL and beyond

Developed from experience gained over the centuries and adapted to the local culture and environment, Traditional Knowledge/Traditional medicinal practices were transmitted orally from generation to generation. It tends to be collectively owned and takes the form of stories, songs, folklore, proverbs etc. attached to cultural values, beliefs, rituals, community laws and local language. [...]

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Health Freedom Or Death — C 51 & C 52

Freedom to life, liberty and security – these are your guaranteed Rights as promised in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, submitted by PM Pierre Elliot Trudeau in 1981. In 1996 and now in 2008 this Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is being sold out for pretended power and real financial profit [...]