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Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Values of Medicinal Plants
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Values of Medicinal Plants
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Timothy Swanson
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:288 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Applied ecology Management of land and natural resources |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521635806
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Classifications | Dewey:333.95316 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
5 Tables, unspecified; 17 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
25 June 1998 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The urgent need to ensure the conservation of biological diversity is now widely recognised, but practical measures to protect endangered species and habitats are still carried out on a small scale and generally limited to developed countries. This volume provides a detailed analysis of the economic and scientific rationales for biodiversity conservation. It discusses the justification for, and implementation of intellectual property rights regimes as incentive systems to encourage conservation. An interdisciplinary approach is used in the book, encompassing fields of study that include evolutionary biology, chemistry, economics and legal studies. The arguments are presented using the case study of the use of medicinal plants in the pharmaceutical industry. The book will be of interest and relevance to a broad spectrum of conservationists, from research students to policy makers.
Reviews'The property rights issue is exceptionally thorny, and it is clarified by this welcome book.' Norman Myers, The Times Higher Education Supplement
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