Biodiversity and the Law. Intellectual Property, Biotechnology and Traditional Knowledge. 2009. 520 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Also available as a hardcover.-An authoritative examination of the inter-relationships between the law, intellectual property rights, biodiversity protection, biotechnology and the protection of traditional knowledge. Contains twenty-eight chapters from dozens of international legal and scientificexperts containing a comprehensive assessment of the issues complete with thorough references. The first part of the book examines biodiversity and examines what are we loosing, why,and looks at what is to be done. The second part addresses biotechnology and looks at Whether it is part of the solution or part of the problem, or perhaps both. The third section examines traditional knowledge, explains what it is and how, if at all, it should be protected. The fourth and final part looks at ethnobotany and bioprospecting and offers practical lessons from the vast and diverse experiences of the contributors.