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Nicaraguan Congress Approves Biological Diversity Law
On September 5, 2012, the National Assembly of Nicaragua approved a new Law for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity. Dictamen de Proyecto de Ley de Conservación y Utilización...
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Venezuelan State Adopts Indigenous Peoples Law, Protects Collective IP Rights
On October 12, 2012, legislators in the Venezuelan state of Sucre approved a new Law on Indigenous Peoples and Communities. See Aprobada Ley de los Pueblos y Comunidades Indígenas, CNP 4.458/...
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Ecuadorian IP Institute Registers Traditional Knowledge of Indigenous Community
Tsáchila man near Santo Domingo, Ecuador.© calliopejen1.Licensed underCC BY-SA 2.0 license. Yesterday, at a conference at its offices in Guayaquil, the Ecuadorian Intellectual Property Institute (IEPI)...
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Ecuador: Change Constitution to Protect Traditional Knowledge
Ecuador’s national government has proposed to amend the country’s constitution to provide special protections against the misappropriation of traditional knowledge and biological diversity. Propuesta...
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