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Regional, National, Local and Community Experiences

This page includes resources available on WIPO’s website on regional, national, local and community experiences regarding intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions.

Laws, legislative measures and protocols

Fact-finding missions, surveys, submissions by member states and observers

Case studies

Lectures and presentations

Other resources

Laws, legislative measures and protocols

Fact-finding missions, surveys, submissions by member states and observers

Report on fact-finding missions

  • Intellectual Property Needs and Expectations of Traditional Knowledge Holders (WIPO Report on Fact-Finding Missions) WIPO Report on Fact-Finding Missions

Surveys

Submissions by member states and observers

Traditional Knowledge ↓
Traditional Cultural Expressions ↓

Case studies

Lectures and presentations

Indigenous and local community experiences

  • Caribbean Region (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Marcus Goffe (Respondent, Round Table 1), Complete document (pdf)
  • Finland (2015) Presentation made by Ms. Anna Vuopala
  • Pacific Islands (2015) Pacific Islands (2015), Complete document (pdf)
  • Peru (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Manuel Ruiz Muller (Speaker, Round Table 1), Complete document (pdf)
  • Romania (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Cristian Florescu (Respondent, Round Table 1), Complete document (pdf)
  • Thailand (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Cristian Florescu (Respondent, Round Table 1), Complete document (pdf)
Uses of genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions ↓
  • Australia (2015) Presentation made by Ms. Terri Janke (Speaker, Round Table 2), Complete document (pdf)
  • New Zealand (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Justice Joseph Williams (Speaker Opening Address), Main body of document 1 (pdf)
  • Panama (2015) Presentation made by Ms. Zoraida Rodríguez(Respondent, Round Table 2), Complete document (pdf)
  • United States of America (2015) Presentation made by Ms. Karin Ferriter(Respondent, Round Table 2), Complete document (pdf)
  • ARIPO (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Emmanuel Sackey (Respondent, Round Table 2), Complete document (pdf)
Public domain ↓
  • Australia (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Ian Goss (Respondent, Round Table 3), Complete document (pdf)
  • Brazil (2010)
  • Canada (2010)
  • Indonesia (2010)
  • Nigeria (2010)
  • Solomon Islands (2010)
Disclosure requirements ↓
  • Brazil Presentation made by Mr. Daniel Pinto (Respondent, Round Table 3), Complete document (pdf)
  • China Presentation made by Ms. Hongju Yang (Respondent, Round Table 3), Complete document (pdf)
  • Peru (2015) Presentation made by Ms. Silvia Solis (Respondent, Round Table 4), Complete document (pdf)
  • Romania Presentation made by Ms. Mirela Gorgescu (Respondent, Round Table 3), Complete document (pdf)
  • Switzerland (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Martin Girsberger (Respondent, Round Table 4), Complete document (pdf)
Cross-border protection ↓
  • Hungary (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Peter Munkácsi (Respondent, Round Table 1) , Complete document (pdf)
Transboundary (“shared”) genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions ↓
  • Australia and Pacific islands (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Daniel Robinson (Speaker, Round Table 2), Complete document (pdf)
  • Madagascar (2015) Presentation made by Professor Lolona Ramamonjisoa (Speaker, Round Table 2), Complete document (pdf)
  • Philippines (2015) Presentation made by Mrs. Rosa Fernandez (Speaker, Round Table 2), Complete document (pdf)
Databases ↓
  • India (2016) (1) Presentation made by Dr. Biswajit Dhar (Speaker, Round Table 4), Complete document (pdf)
  • ARIPO (2016) Presentation made by Mr. Emmanuel Sackey (Speaker, Round Table 4), Complete document (pdf)
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2016) Presentation made by Ms. China Williams (Speaker, Round Table 4), Complete document (pdf)
  • India (2016) (2) Presentation made by Dr. Ghazala Javed (Speaker, Round Table 3), Complete document (pdf)
  • India (2015) Presentation made by Ms. Usha Rao(Speaker, Round Table 4), Complete document (pdf)
  • Japan (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Yoshinari Oyama (Speaker, Round Table 4), Complete document (pdf)
  • South Africa (2015) Presentation made by Dr. Yonah Seleti (Speaker, Round Table 4), Complete document (pdf)
  • EPO (2015) Presentation made by Mr. Enrico Luzzatto (Speaker, Round Table 4), Complete document (pdf)
Protectable traditional knowledge ↓
  • Jamaica (2016) Presentation made by Miss Lilyclaire Bellamy (Speaker, Round Table 1), Complete document (pdf)
  • Peru (2016) Presentation made by Mr. Andrés Valladolid (Speaker, Round Table 1), Complete document (pdf)
  • Sri Lanka (2016) Presentation made by Dr. Avanti Perera (Speaker, Round Table 1), Complete document (pdf)
  • Kyrgyzstan (2016) Presentation made by Ms. Madina Karmysheva (Speaker, Round Table 1), Complete document (pdf)

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