Health : Indigenous Knowledge, Equitable Benefits

The note looks at the intellectual property rights connected with the use, and value of medicinal plants, which has become a metaphor to describe indigenous ownership of traditional knowledge, generating options for contractual mechanisms to ensure...

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Main Author:	Moran, Katy
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BACTERIA BIODIVERSITY CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COLLABORATION COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION DECISION-MAKING DISEASES EQUIPMENT FIELD RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFORMED CONSENT ISOLATION LABORATORY EQUIPMENT LEARNING MALARIA MEDICINE MEDICINES NGOS PARASITIC DISEASES PARTNERSHIP PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH R&D RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS SCIENTISTS SCREENING TRADITIONAL LEADERS TRAINING PROGRAMS VILLAGE COUNCILS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE HEALTH IMPACTS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH MEDICINAL PLANTS BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT THERAPEUTIC USE OF HERBS CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE SHARING PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY COMMERCIALIZATION CASE STUDIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TECHNICAL TRAINING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/12/1671225/health-indigenous-knowledge-equitable-benefits http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10823

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spelling	okr-10986-108232021-06-14T11:01:13Z Health : Indigenous Knowledge, Equitable Benefits Moran, Katy BACTERIA BIODIVERSITY CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COLLABORATION COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION DECISION-MAKING DISEASES EQUIPMENT FIELD RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFORMED CONSENT ISOLATION LABORATORY EQUIPMENT LEARNING MALARIA MEDICINE MEDICINES NGOS PARASITIC DISEASES PARTNERSHIP PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH R&D RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS SCIENTISTS SCREENING TRADITIONAL LEADERS TRAINING PROGRAMS VILLAGE COUNCILS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE HEALTH IMPACTS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH MEDICINAL PLANTS BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT THERAPEUTIC USE OF HERBS CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE SHARING PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY COMMERCIALIZATION CASE STUDIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TECHNICAL TRAINING The note looks at the intellectual property rights connected with the use, and value of medicinal plants, which has become a metaphor to describe indigenous ownership of traditional knowledge, generating options for contractual mechanisms to ensure benefits return to source cultures, and countries. However, through time, the extinction rate of species, and cultures continues to accelerate, while human health further deteriorates from diseases for which no cure exists. The note seeks answers on how to apply lessons from the Convention on Biological Diversity, and how to move on to implementing such lessons. Through the case study in Nigeria, practical information shows how countries, companies, and cultures can cooperate. It explains the work of the Bio-Resources Development and Conservation Program, organized as a focal point for collaborative research, that builds technical skills in Nigeria, thus generating pharmaceutical leads that target therapeutic categories for tropical diseases. Within this setting, Sharman Pharmaceuticals established a research relationship with scientific institutions, village communities, and traditional healers, which uses the science of ethno-botany, and that of natural product chemistry, medicine and pharmacology, to create an efficient drug discovery process. Recommendations on remaining issues, and future progress are presented. 2012-08-13T13:12:45Z 2012-08-13T13:12:45Z 1999-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/12/1671225/health-indigenous-knowledge-equitable-benefits http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10823 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 15 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Nigeria
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topic	BACTERIA BIODIVERSITY CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COLLABORATION COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION DECISION-MAKING DISEASES EQUIPMENT FIELD RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFORMED CONSENT ISOLATION LABORATORY EQUIPMENT LEARNING MALARIA MEDICINE MEDICINES NGOS PARASITIC DISEASES PARTNERSHIP PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH R&D RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS SCIENTISTS SCREENING TRADITIONAL LEADERS TRAINING PROGRAMS VILLAGE COUNCILS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE HEALTH IMPACTS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH MEDICINAL PLANTS BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT THERAPEUTIC USE OF HERBS CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE SHARING PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY COMMERCIALIZATION CASE STUDIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TECHNICAL TRAINING
spellingShingle	BACTERIA BIODIVERSITY CHEMISTRY CLIMATE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COLLABORATION COMMUNITIES CONSERVATION DECISION-MAKING DISEASES EQUIPMENT FIELD RESEARCH HUMAN RIGHTS INDIGENOUS GROUPS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFORMED CONSENT ISOLATION LABORATORY EQUIPMENT LEARNING MALARIA MEDICINE MEDICINES NGOS PARASITIC DISEASES PARTNERSHIP PHARMACOLOGY PHARMACY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH R&D RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS SCIENTISTS SCREENING TRADITIONAL LEADERS TRAINING PROGRAMS VILLAGE COUNCILS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE HEALTH IMPACTS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH MEDICINAL PLANTS BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT THERAPEUTIC USE OF HERBS CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE SHARING PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY COMMERCIALIZATION CASE STUDIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TECHNICAL TRAINING Moran, Katy Health : Indigenous Knowledge, Equitable Benefits
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description	The note looks at the intellectual property rights connected with the use, and value of medicinal plants, which has become a metaphor to describe indigenous ownership of traditional knowledge, generating options for contractual mechanisms to ensure benefits return to source cultures, and countries. However, through time, the extinction rate of species, and cultures continues to accelerate, while human health further deteriorates from diseases for which no cure exists. The note seeks answers on how to apply lessons from the Convention on Biological Diversity, and how to move on to implementing such lessons. Through the case study in Nigeria, practical information shows how countries, companies, and cultures can cooperate. It explains the work of the Bio-Resources Development and Conservation Program, organized as a focal point for collaborative research, that builds technical skills in Nigeria, thus generating pharmaceutical leads that target therapeutic categories for tropical diseases. Within this setting, Sharman Pharmaceuticals established a research relationship with scientific institutions, village communities, and traditional healers, which uses the science of ethno-botany, and that of natural product chemistry, medicine and pharmacology, to create an efficient drug discovery process. Recommendations on remaining issues, and future progress are presented.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Moran, Katy
author_facet	Moran, Katy
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title	Health : Indigenous Knowledge, Equitable Benefits
title_short	Health : Indigenous Knowledge, Equitable Benefits
title_full	Health : Indigenous Knowledge, Equitable Benefits
title_fullStr	Health : Indigenous Knowledge, Equitable Benefits
title_full_unstemmed	Health : Indigenous Knowledge, Equitable Benefits
title_sort	health : indigenous knowledge, equitable benefits
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/12/1671225/health-indigenous-knowledge-equitable-benefits http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10823
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