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Indonesian Comparative Law ReviewTraditional medicine is a form of medicine that has been widely used in Ethiopia for thousands of years. However, it is still practiced in the absence of formal healthcare.
Temesgen Abebe Degu
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1792-1804, September 2026.Global legal frameworks seek to ensure that benefits arising from the use of biological resources are shared fairly, yet their practical application—particularly where plant materials and Indigenous knowledge are involved—remains challenging. This article presents a case study modelling a pathway for ethical research and commercialisation of Indigenous
Jessica Cartwright +5 more
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Fences on the Epistemological Prairie: A Settler Colonial Approach to “Religion and Science”
ReligionsBuilding on the idea of religion and science as conceptual maps of intellectual territory, I use a settler colonial analysis as a framework for thinking about decolonizing religion and science in a way that moves away from abstraction and towards action;
Lisa L. Stenmark
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Harnessing biodiversity: the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA)
BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2010 Background Biopiracy – the use of a people’s long-established medical knowledge without acknowledgement or compensation – has been a disturbing historical reality and exacerbates the global rich-poor divide.
Heys Jennifer +3 more
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EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter‐measures
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 5, Page 1366-1383, September 2026.Abstract What is ‘epistemic extractivism’, and how does it affect researchers who are engaged in urban and housing movements? This essay first explores the contexts of both engaged research and epistemic extractivism, clarifying their meanings and implications. It also disentangles the ethical and methodological risks posed by epistemic extractivism in
Miguel A. Martínez
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Taiwan: A Blind Spot of the Nagoya Protocol
Conservation Letters, Volume 19, Issue 5, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT The Nagoya Protocol gives nations sovereignty rights over their biological resources. What happens to those resources when another state claims sovereignty over that nation? Taiwan's unique legal and political position as a de facto sovereign nation that the UN recognizes de jure as part of the People's Republic of China exposes a gap in ...
Matan Shelomi
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Biopiracy after the Nagoya Protocol: Problem Structure, Regime Design and Implementation Challenges [PDF]
Brazilian Political Science Review, 2015 This article assesses the effectiveness of the 2010 Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) for addressing "biopiracy" of genetic resources; that is, their biotechnological utilization in violation of either the provider country ...
Florian Rabitz
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Biohacking Regulatory and Ethical Dynamics in Europe and Latin America [PDF]
L'Europe UnieBiohacking, a burgeoning movement within the realm of DIY biology, represents a significant intersection of technology, ethics, information systems and personal empowerment. This scientific article explores the multifaceted dimensions of biohacking, with
Anis H. Bajrektarevic +1 more
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Community Perspectives on eDNA and Ethics: Results From a Mixed‐Methods, Cross‐Sectional Survey
Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 4, July‐August 2026.In this manuscript we conduct a global, cross‐sectional mixed methods survey targeting the eDNA end user community to identify areas of ethical interest and concern within the research field. We identified areas of research that require consideration including issues around data ownership, public disclosure of raw data, security of that data, and the ...
Quinn Rausch +6 more
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Patents on Life: A Brief View of Human Milk Component Patenting
World Nutrition, 2018 Academic research on human milk, often funded by US governmental grants, has shown that this live substance has health benefits for infants. Since the 1980's, researchers have been looking for the magic bullets in human milk that bestow various ...
Valerie W McClain
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