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Resource Pointer #85

June 27, 1996

For copies of the following resources, please contact 
the appropriate publishers or organizations directly.
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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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