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Valuing local knowledge presents case studies of programs that recognize indigenous rights and brings direct experience to bear on the international debate over intellectual property conservation and indigenous rights. Eric ed392574 valuing local knowledge indigenous people and intellectual property rights 1996 intellectual property enables individuals to gain financially from sharing unique and useful knowledge. Currently the focus of a heated debate among indigenous peoples human rights advocates crop breeders pharmaceutical companies conservationists social scientists and lawyers the proposal would allow impoverished people in biologically rich areas to realize an economic return from resources under their care monetary compensation could both validate their knowledge and provide them with . Valuing local knowledge indigenous people and intellectual property rights creator brush stephen b and stabinsky doreen indigenous knowledge of biological resources and intellectual property rights the role of anthropology brush stephen b 1993 related items in google scholar . Indigenous knowledge of biological resources and intellectual property rights the role of anthropology brush stephen b 1993 related items in google scholar