Indigenous Knowledge and Bioprospecting Conference

Indigenous Knowledge and Bioprospecting Conference April 21-24, 2004 Confirmed Keynote Speakers Registration Conference Programme Click here

Gracelyn Smallwood "International Human Rights and Indigenous Health" Henrietta Marrie The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and its implication for indigenous peoples, local communities and traditional farmers Terri Janke Sonia Smallcombe No Picture-Taking, Video Recording, Audio Recording, Sketching, And Note-Taking Cliff Foley Kevin Locke Ikechi Maduka Mgbeoji Insurgents at the Gates? Patents, Biopiracy and the Legitimation of Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge in Post-Colonial International Intellectual Property Law Anne Waters Global Indigenous Research Contexts and Bio-Prospecting: Sitting at the Table with Ethnobotany, Diversity Genetics, Intellectual Property Law, Sovereign Rights, and 'Public Interest' Pharmaceuticals Aroha Mead The Concept of 'Ownership' of Nature: The importance of Indigenous Peoples Engaging in Policy and Legal Developments Manuka Henare Donna Craig Building Ethical and Sustainable Relationships: Returning Indigenous management of land and natural resources Memory Elvin-Lewis Optimizing new therapeutic discoveries from ethnomedical and ethnobotanical data For a list of additional presenters click here