Home >
New Releases >
Law >
Legal Protection of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge from a Social Network Perspective

Legal Protection of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge from a Social Network Perspective

Author: Elnur Karimov
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781041124887
Published In: December 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

List Price: HKD 2,015.00

HKD 1,954.55 Save HKD 60.45 (3%)

Download Order Form

Add to Wishlist
| Add to Compare

Description
Contents

Details

This book explores the urgent and evolving legal challenges surrounding the use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge (TK), particularly those held by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. International frameworks like the Nagoya Protocol and the 2024 WIPO Treaty aim to regulate benefit-sharing, but legal enforcement remains weak.

This book argues that traditional legal approaches (both international and national) alone are no longer sufficient and proposes a network-focused enforcement and compensation mechanism that uses social network analysis to examine the flow of genetic materials and TK through national and global supply chains. This approach is applied to 30 real-world biopiracy case studies across diverse regions, including Asia, Latin America, and Africa, to identify legal blind spots and power asymmetries. The book explains how predicting central nodes within supply chains where biopiracy and misappropriation are most likely to occur can lead to better enforcement and compensation outcomes. It then concludes with policy recommendations and suggestions to design more robust protection mechanisms for genetic resources and the associated TK.

This book will interest scholars of intellectual property and biotechnology law, as well as scholars of indigenous studies. Policymakers, indigenous activists, and social scientists who are interested in the broader applications of social network analysis will also find this of note.

1.Setting the Scene: Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

2. International Legal Protection of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge

3. National Legal Protection of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge

4. Network Aspects of the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources

5. From Law to Networks: A Social Network Approach to Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge

6. Looking Forward: Network-Savvy Protection Measures of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge

Bibliography

Browse Books

Legal Protection of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge from a Social Network Perspective

Free delivery Hong Kong?

Details

You may also be interested in these books:

What Our Customers Say?

Browse Books

Legal Protection of Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge from a Social Network Perspective

Free delivery Hong Kong?

Details

You may also be interested in these books:

What Our Customers Say?

video title