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contributions of local communities. International treaties and undertakings have
so far failed to create legally binding undertakings that would make it mandatory
to recognize and compensate the use of IK. This unjust situation has to be
corrected.
The text of the book will help appreciate the need for a change in the
current intellectual property rights regime at the national and international level
as the current system is turning into a tool for the unjust exploitation of
bioresources and associated IK of the rural and indigenous communities.
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