Biodiversity to Biotechnology: Intellectual Property Rights contains well researched articles on Intellectual Property Rights in the domain of Traditional knowledge. Reflecting concern and extensive efforts of researchers to protect traditional riches of the country, the articles present indepth studies and advances made in biotechnology to further enrich our intellectual capital in health care, genome conservation and germplasm transfer etc. This book is invaluable for those with an interest in understanding indigenous knowledge in IPR system, biodiversity conservation and biotechnology transfer.

Preface / Acknowledgements / List of Contributors / Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Biodiversity Conservation and Biotechnology Transfer / Conservation of Biological Resources in the ITK Regime: Issues and Priorities / Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Biotechnology: An Overview / Patenting Bioinformatics Invention in India / Intellectual Property Rights Regime under Indian Constitutional Law: Judicial Trends / Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology / Geographical Indications for the Protection of Agro-biodiversity: Global and Indian Perspectives / Environment, Tribal Culture and Resource Management in the Kiliki Watershed of Zunheboto Hills, Nagaland / Diversity of Medicinal and Aromatic Flora of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve: An Appraisal in Context to Utilization and Conservation / Harnessing the Pharmaceutical Potential of Assam Bora Rice: A Waxy Rice Variety of Northeast India / Glimpse on Some Issues Related with Biodiversity Prospecting in Medicinal Context / Biotechnological Intervention for Attaining Global Food Security / Indigenous Knowledge in the IPR System / An Introduction to Traditional Knowledge in the IPR System / Herbal Drug Diversity in Folklore of Uttar Pradesh / Biological Resources and Traditional Therapeutical Knowledge: A Review / Species Divesity of chroococcales from Shukratal, District Muzaffarnagar (U.P.) / Diversity of Lithophytic Cyanobacteria in Kumaon Region / The Legal Efforts as Harmonisation of Relationship Between Bio-diversity and TRIPS: A Critical Assessment / Biodiversity, Intellectual Property Rights and Traditional Knowledge: An Indian Experience / Bt. Brinjal: A Case Study / Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP’s) as Efficient Intercrops under Mango / Evaluation of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP’s) for Teak bsed Agroforestry / Intellectual Property Rights as a Safeguard to Traditional Knowledge: Importance and Future Needs / IPR’s: An International Agreement for Support and Protection of Indigenous People / Orchids: Biodiversity to Biotechnology vis-à-vis IPR: A Case Study / Biotechnological Interventions for Sustaibable use of Medicinal Plants / Floral Divesity of Bamboo and Rattan in North-Eastern India / TKDL and After / Variability and Distribution Status of Acacia / About the Editors.

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