ISS 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Commodification, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Drug Development
1 Jul 2016
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Biodiversity: the variety of life, at all levels of biological organization . Us aid- 1985- assist developing countries in conservation programs, with emphasis on protecting wildlife habitat and endangered species. Conservation on biological diversity (cbd) 1992 united nations. Conference on environment held in rio de janeiro, brazil (the rio earth. Goals: conservation, development (use) and benefit sharing. The utilitarian and money benefits from biodiversity. The conservation, not only understanding of biodiversity. Active role of local people (for biodiversity conservation and tek) Exploration, extraction and screening of biodiversity for commercially valuable genetic and biochemical resources (cbd) Over 8000 species of medicinal plants for heath care needs. Life saving drugs including anti-neoplastic and anti-hiv drugs (clinical trial) Exploration with the aim of developing patented and profitable products. Works in the public domain are those whose intellectual property rights have expired, have been forfeited or inapplicable.
