Chapter 25
The Andean Community Regimes onAccess to Genetic Resources,Intellectual Property, and theProtection of Indigenous Peoples’Knowledge
INTRODUCTION
The Andean region is, arguably, where the most intense and extensive debate has taken place regarding the issues of access to genetic resources, intellectual property rights (IPRs) and their impact on biodiversity and the protection of indigenous peoples’ knowledge. These discussions and their progression into regional policies and regulations in the Andean Community of Nations started in 1992, the year the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was opened for signature, and at the same time as a regional legal regime for the protection of new plant varieties was being drawn ...
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