Biopiracy of plant resources and sustainable traditional knowledge system in Africa

dc.contributor.authorAgejoh Ageh, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorLall, Namrita
dc.contributor.emailnamrita.lall@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-13T11:31:46Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between plant resources and traditional communities in Africa is inseparable. For centuries, indigenous communities have been depending on their cultural innovations and practices for health and food. Plant resources are part of the traditional knowledge system of indigenous communities in Africa. Colonialism and the scramble for Africa led to plant resources being opened to bioprospecting by western scientists and multinational pharmaceutical firms. They engage in secluded locations around Africa in order to find ‘new drugs from exotic plants’ for profit-making or patent rights. The advent of technology has witnessed a lot of illegal exploitation and commercialization of plant resources (biopiracy). The traditional knowledge system is being eroded with disregard to the welfare of the owners of the knowledge to sustainably manage it. The paper looks at the challenges, the existing legal framework to appreciate if it’s adequate to ensure the sustainability of the traditional knowledge system in Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPlant Production and Soil Scienceen_ZA
dc.description.departmentPrivate Lawen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2020-09-25
dc.description.librarianhj2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://brill.com/gjclen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAgeh, P.A. & Lall, N. 2019, 'Biopiracy of plant resources and sustainable traditional knowledge system in Africa', Global Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 162-181.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2211-9051 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2211-906X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1163/2211906X-00802003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/72240
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBrill Academic Publishersen_ZA
dc.rights© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2019en_ZA
dc.subjectBiopiracyen_ZA
dc.subjectPlant resourcesen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainableen_ZA
dc.subjectTraditional knowledge systemen_ZA
dc.subjectAfricaen_ZA
dc.titleBiopiracy of plant resources and sustainable traditional knowledge system in Africaen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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