There is growing interest in documenting the wealth of traditional knowledge (TK) that has been developed by indigenous peoples and local communities around the

This Brief describes the main objectives of documenting traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, the intellectual property issues that may ar

Tangible and intangible forms of indigenous knowledges and cultural expressions are often found in libraries, archives or museums. Often the "legal" copyright i

General information on the interface between intellectual property (IP) and traditional knowledge (TK), traditional cultural expressions (TCEs), and genetic res

This Brief describes the main objectives of documenting traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, the intellectual property issues that may ar