safeguarding indigenous cultural heritage during commercialisation of native plants
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Cooperative Research Centre forRemote Economic Participation
Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage during Commercialisation of Native Plants
L. Slade LEE
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Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage
during Commercialisation of Native Plants
acknowledging:Yuggera (Jagera) & Turrubal groupand Quandamooka people
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the case:• legal• moral & ethical• reconciliation• attributes
the mechanism:• laws• conventions• marketing
the aim:• accommodating hereditary custodianship
and Traditional Knowledge during commercialisation
Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage
during Commercialisation of Native Plants
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the issue:• Traditional Knowledge
◦ value (Indigenous cf. Western)◦ utility & spiritual◦ customary rights
• hereditary custodianship◦ acknowledgement◦ consent◦ protection◦ benefit-sharing
• principles◦ commercialisation◦ moral & ethical◦ reconciliation◦ attributes◦ approaches
Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage
during Commercialisation of Native Plants
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• traditional significance◦ utility◦ totemic spiritual◦ cultural (stories, dance, art)
• commercialisation – utility only◦ exploitation of a resource◦ utilisation & processing
product◦ no connectedness with
tradition
the question of attributes:
Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage
during Commercialisation of Native Plants
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◦ defined term cf. in perpetuity ◦ defined owner cf. collective ownership◦ defined in writing cf. preserved in oral
culture◦ specific in nature cf. general or vague
Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage
during Commercialisation of Native Plants
it’s the law:• IP Law vs. Traditional Knowledge
& Customary Law
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it’s the law:• IP Law and customary heritage rights
◦ fundamentally incompatible ◦ do not acknowledge each other◦ unsatisfactory mechanism for
safeguarding Traditional Knowledge or cultural heritage
◦ but are under review by international law and under the CBD
Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage
during Commercialisation of Native Plants
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• disadvantages◦ legalese is confronting◦ expensive◦ complex
Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage
during Commercialisation of Native Plants
it’s the other laws:• innovative legal approaches to
safeguarding cultural heritage◦ the ‘many irons’ approach – Janke◦ sui generis – Drahos
◦ finessing the law – Martin & Jeffery
◦ the ‘many irons’ approach – Janke, Drahos
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• market-based approaches to safeguarding cultural
heritage▫ governed by law:
◦ Trademarks◦ Certification◦ Registered Designs◦ Geographical Indications
▫ cooperative and collective:◦ FairTrade◦ trade secrets
it’s the other other ways:
Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage
during Commercialisation of Native Plants
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• disadvantages◦ trades on goodwill ◦ legal enforceability
it’s the other other ways:
• advantages◦ inexpensive◦ straightforward
Safeguarding Indigenous Cultural Heritage
during Commercialisation of Native Plants
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Acknowledgements:
Partner Student Supervisors
Advisory Group
Thank you
Project Partners
Special thanks to Kylie Lingard her for advice & enthusiasm
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