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Links for Further Research

1 / Biopiracy (  the act of privatizing and profiting off of knowledge that belongs to indigenous communities ).

The Ayahuasca Patent Revocation (Origin story of Ayahuasca in the Western World)

https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/schools/law/lawreviews/journals/bctwj/21_1/03_FMS.htm

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Battling 'biopiracy', scientists catalog the Amazon's genetic wealth (Good article on future of biopiracy, holding accountable those who transfer knowledge and use it)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-biopiracy-genetics-feature/battling-biopiracy-scientists-catalog-the-amazons-genetic-wealth-idUSKCN1OJ02Z

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The Tkarihwaié:ri Code Of Ethical Conduct (Handbook on ethical approach to traditional knowledge)

https://www.cbd.int/traditional/code/ethicalconduct-brochure-en.pdf

 

The Maca Patent (A long arduous battle against the reigns of commercialization)https://www.etcgroup.org/sites/www.etcgroup.org/files/publication/194/01/macafinal1.pdfhttps://web.williams.edu/AnthSoc/native/maca.htm

2 / Databases

Dr. Duke's Ethnobotanical/Phytochemical Search Engine

https://phytochem.nal.usda.gov/phytochem/search/list

 

New York Flora ID guide 

https://plants.usda.gov/plantkeys/new_york_grasses/NEW_YORK_GRASSES.html

 

Pharmaceuticals x Plants (Where do your pharmaceuticals come from!)

http://www.rain-tree.com/plantdrugs.htm

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3 / Agricultural Practices

Holy Grail of Natural Farming: Masanobu Fukuoka's The One Straw Revolution

http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/one-straw-revolution.pdf

 

Origin Story of Permaculture

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/walden-cdn/books/Smith_J_Russell-Tree_Crops_A_Permanent_Agriculture.pdf

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