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Resource Pointer #85
June 27, 1996
For copies of the following resources, please contact
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*Valuing Local Knowledge: Indigenous People and Intellectual
Property Rights, 1996.* Stephen Brush and Doreen Stabinsky,
edit. Discusses proposals to promote cultural survival and
biological conservation by treating cultural or indigenous
knowledge as intellectual property to increase economic
returns from biological resources maintained by peasants and
tribal people. Presents case studies of programs that
recognize indigenous rights. 337 pp. US$30 (paperback).
Island Press, Box 7, Dept. 3B, Covelo, CA 95428; phone (800)
828-1302, outside US call (707) 983-6432; fax (707) 983-6414;
http://www.islandpress.com.
*Intellectual Property Rights and the Indigenous Peoples,
1993 (revised 1996).* Southeast Asia Regional Institute for
Community Education (SEARICE). Presents overview of
intellectual property rights, focusing on patenting of plant,
animal and human genes taken from developing countries and
indigenous peoples. Calls for laws to protect farmers' and
indigenous peoples' rights to their biological and cultural
heritage. 30 pp. Free to NGOs. SEARICE, 83 Madasalin Street,
Sikatuna Village, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; phone
(632) 924-75-44; fax (632) 921-74-53; email
searice@phil.gn.apc.org or searice@gaia.psdn.org.
*Plant Genetic Resources and the Indigenous Peoples, 1993
(revised 1996).* Southeast Asia Regional Institute for
Community Education (SEARICE). Explains importance of plant
genetic resources to indigenous peoples and discusses role
played by indigenous peoples in development and conservation
of these resources. Examines issues of access to and
ownership of genetic resources, and recommends strategies for
indigenous peoples to resist disenfranchisement by
biotechnology corporations. 22 pp. Free to NGOs. SEARICE, 83
Madasalin Street, Sikatuna Village, Diliman, Quezon City,
Philippines; phone (632) 924-75-44; fax (632) 921-74-53;
email searice@phil.gn.apc.org or searice@gaia.psdn.org.
*Modern Biotechnologies and the Indigenous Peoples, 1993
(revised 1996).* Southeast Asia Regional Institute for
Community Education (SEARICE). Describes history of
biotechnology, stressing that indigenous peoples' in the
South have contributed greatly to biotechnology by
collecting, breeding and saving seeds over generations. Gives
overview of modern biotechnology's techniques and presents
examples of biotechnology's indebtedness to developing
countries for genes. Makes biotechnology policy
recommendations, including that careful regulation is needed
and that alternatives must be given due consideration. 22 pp.
Free to NGOs. SEARICE, 83 Madasalin Street, Sikatuna Village,
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines; phone (632) 924-75-44; fax
(632) 921-74-53; email searice@phil.gn.apc.org or
searice@gaia.psdn.org.
*The Conditions for Collective Action: Land Tenure and
Farmers' Groups in the Rajasthan Canal Project, 1996.*
Saurabh Sinha. Compares irrigation management between
two areas of Rajasthan Canal Project, which is aimed at
irrigating 1.5 million hectares in India and Pakistan.
Finds that farmer participation in irrigation
development and operations is critical to success of
irrigation projects. Includes recommendations for
developing and strengthening farmer organizations in
order for them to take greater control of irrigation
management. 19 pp. UK$3. International Institute for
Environment and Development, 3 Endsleigh Street, London,
WC1H ODD, United Kingdom; phone (44 171) 388-2117; fax
(44 171) 388-2826; email iieduk@gn.apc.org.
We encourage those interested in having resources listed
in the Online Resource Pointer to send review copies of
publications, videos or other sources to our office
(address listed below) or to contact Information Program
Associates Adam Kirshner or Gina Schilling for further
information.
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