Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity: Global commons or regional heritage?

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
1991
Contributors Author: A. B. Cunningham
Journal
Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pagination
4-8
Date Published
09/1991
Language
English
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Abstract
Pharmaceutical companies are turning to indigenous knowledge-based forms of healing for new medicinal plants and they are walking away with million dollar deals. In general, very little money goes back to the communities and the healers who shared their knowledge. There are many different ideas as to how the money should be distributed. It is felt that the role of bridging the gap between the traditional communities and the pharmaceutical companies should be filled with anthropologists and enthnobiologists. They can facilitate a partnership agreement that will benefit both the indigenous community and industrial society.
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http://www.culturalsurvival.org/ourpublications/csq/article/indigenous-knowledge-and-biodiversity-global-commons-or-regional-heritag
Short Title
Indigenous knowledge and biodiversity