Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2003
Journal Title
Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law
Abstract
Human communities have always generated, refined and passed on knowledge from generation to generation. Such "traditional" knowledge" [sic] is often an important part of their cultural identities. Traditional knowledge has played, and still plays, a vital role in the daily lives of the vast majority of people. Traditional knowledge is essential to the food security and health of millions of people in the developing world. In many countries, traditional medicines provide the only affordable treatment available to poor people. In developing countries, up to 80% of the population depend on traditional medicines to help meet their healthcare needs. In addition, knowledge of the healing properties of plants has been the source of many modern medicines.
First Page
239
Last Page
245
Num Pages
7
Volume Number
11
Issue Number
2
Publisher
Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Recommended Citation
Peter K. Yu,
Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property, and Indigenous Culture: An Introduction,
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Cardozo J. Int'l & Comp. L.
239
(2003).
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