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Aims and Objectives
Research Questions
- What do Amazonian peoples think about efforts to document their knowledge
and intellectual property claims surrounding plant genomics?
- What particular factors, such as cosmology and conceptions of human-environment
relatedness, shape indigenous peoples perspectives on the globalisation
of plant genomics?
- What roles are played by wider networks of indigenous peoples organisations
on the national, regional and international level in shaping Amazonian
peoples conceptions and responses to the globalisation of plant genomics?
- What impacts does indigenous activism have in shaping debates surrounding
knowledge and genomics under the Convention on Biological Diversity
and related policy arenas.
Outcomes
- Enhanced understanding of Amazonian peoples perspectives on the globalization
of plant genomics and the factors informing indigenous peoples perspectives.
- Methodological development in participatory approaches to examining
genomics issues in collaboration with indigenous peoples and their organisations.
- Theoretical development through combining anthropological and sociology
of scientific knowledge approaches.
- Inputs into policy debates surrounding indigenous peoples rights,
prior informed consent, benefit-sharing and the development of an international
regime on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing under the
Convention on Biological Diversity.
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