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Toward Ethical Environmental DNA Practices on Indigenous Territories
Environmental DNA, Volume 8, Issue 4, July‐August 2026.Environmental DNA (eDNA) has proven value as a monitoring toolset with many useful applications. However, there is also significant potential for abuse and unethical practices, particularly concerning Indigenous communities. Herein, we outline ethical considerations regarding genetics‐based tools and outline a framework for respectful use of eDNA in ...
Catrina M. Alberts +4 more
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Resources, 2020 Many countries in Africa provide ethnobiological resources (more especially ethnomedicinal plants), which are converted by companies and users from developed countries into biopharmaceutical products without any monetary benefits to the countries of ...
Wana W. Chinsembu, Kazhila C. Chinsembu
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Capacity building needed to reap the benefits of access to biodiversity collections
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1357-1365, July 2026.Global conservation efforts increasingly depend on digitised natural history collections, yet the benefits of this digital data are not equally shared. We analysed biodiversity specimens and citation data from Montserrat and the Cayman Islands to assess who collected these specimens, how they are used, and by whom.
Quentin Groom +16 more
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TREES IN COURTS: BIOPIRACY AND THE SYSTEMATIC ENCLOSURE OF NATURE IN EUROPEAN LEGAL ORDER [PDF]
Challenges of the Knowledge Society"We are so dependent on plants that we do everything we can not to think about them," wrote neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso in Brilliant Green. This article argues that western law has elevated that psychological avoidance into a structural principle: the
Alina Mihaela CONEA
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IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY ON ENVIRONMENT AND FOOD SECURITY [PDF]
Poljoprivreda, 2003 The application of modern biotechnology in agricultural production processes has generated new ethical, economic, social and environmental dilemmas confronting scientists all over the world.
Marijan Jošt
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Patent Law and the invisibility of traditional knowledge: the case of Bauhinia sp.
Brazilian Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2016 This paper aims to discuss patent law and the issue of traditional knowledge associated with biodiversity through an empirical qualitative study. In this context, we resort to the critical approach developed by Zenon Bankowski on Law and love as well as ...
Marcos Vinício Chein Feres +1 more
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Passive transponder implantation in Theraphosidae: A tool for traceability and conservation
Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 4, Page 737-745, July 2026.PIT TAG microchip implantation was successfully performed in multiple tarantula species, showing high tolerance, rapid recovery from anaesthesia and no mortality associated with the procedure. Microchips remained stable and detectable after successive ecdysis events, with no negative effects on feeding behaviour, development, courtship, mating success ...
Marcelo Lago +7 more
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The Journal of World Intellectual Property, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 359-380, July 2026.Abstract Traditional medicine—including complementary, integrative, Indigenous, and ancestral practices—remains a vital source of healthcare for billions worldwide, particularly in the Global South. Despite its widespread use and biomedical relevance, traditional medicinal knowledge has long been excluded from dominant intellectual property systems ...
Tolulope Anthony Adekola
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Finding the voice of the Peasant: Agriculture, Neocolonialism and Mulk Raj Anand’s Punjab trilogy [PDF]
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 2009 Mulk Raj Anand’s Punjab trilogy–The Village (1939), Across the Black Waters (1940), and The Sword and the Sickle (1942)–speaks directly to the destruction of traditional agricultural systems under colonial rule and the absorption of the agricultural ...
Jonathan Highfield
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From disconnection to coherence: Reframing Indigenous knowledge in the Asia‐Pacific
Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 22-37, April 2026.Abstract Achieving a balanced approach to sustainability in the Asia‐Pacific requires the effective protection, preservation and equitable use of traditional knowledge. Despite recognised contributions to biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation, Indigenous worldviews and knowledge systems remain structurally excluded from statutory regimes ...
Shawkat Alam, Amy Scott
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