Browsing by Author "Tobin, Brendan"

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Across the Great Divide: A Case Study of Complementarity and Conflict Between Customary Law and TK Protection Legislation in Peru
(2009) Tobin, Brendan; Taylor, Emily
"Indigenous peoples and local communities have developed an expansive body of traditional knowledge which plays a vital role in securing their cultural, spiritual, social, economic and environmental wellbeing. Protected, enhanced and transmitted over centuries, traditional knowledge forms part of and at the same time regulates and controls indigenous and local community knowledge systems as they serve present needs and respond to new challenges and opportunities."
The Importance of Traditional Knowledge for Meeting Public Health Needs in Developing Countries
(2005) Janska, Emilia; Serbulea, Mihaela; Tobin, Brendan
"A large part of the world's population relies on traditional medicine as the primary source of health care. Though long dismissed by Western medicine as unscientific and unvalidated, traditional medicine is increasingly being recognized as providing sound, reliable, functional, and accessible health solutions for many ills."
Prior Informed Consent and Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing: Paralysis or Prudence?
(2005) Hirakuri, Sofia R.; Tobin, Brendan
"Prior informed consent is at the very heart of the Convention on Biological Diversity's compact on access and benefit-sharing. Results of UNU-IAS's comparative research on national implementation of prior informed consent highlights the need for a balanced approach to avoid paralysis of desirable scientific and commercial research."
Protecting and Strengthening Traditional Knowledge Innovation Systems
(2005) Brahy, Nicolas; Tobin, Brendan
"Traditional knowledge was long considered little more than unscientific and irrelevant hocus pocus of witchdoctors or slavish repetition of outdated farming methods by unsophisticated peasants. It is now, however, increasingly being recognized as a complex and dynamic system of knowledge developed over centuries through research, investigation, application, modification, and innovation by indigenous and local communities - and deserving of protection."
Towards an International Regime on Access and Benefit-Sharing for Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
(2005) Tobin, Brendan; Elliott, Wendy; Johnston, Sam; Richerzhagen, Carmen
"Long recognized as a key element for successful implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the issue of access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing has, in recent years, moved from a side event to the centre stage of international environmental law-making. The UNU-IAS Biodiplomacy Initiative is working to support effective international ABS governance through policy research, outreach activities, and capacity development."