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Blame It On Rio: Biodiscovery, Native Title, And Traditional Knowledge, Matthew Rimmer
Blame It On Rio: Biodiscovery, Native Title, And Traditional Knowledge, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
This article examines the legal responses to protect traditional knowledge of biodiversity in the wake of the Rio Convention on Biological Diversity. It considers the relative merits of the inter-locking regimes of contract law, environmental law, intellectual property law, and native title law. Part 1 considers the natural drug discovery industry in Australia. In particular, it looks at the operations of Amrad, Astra Zeneca R & D, and the Australian Institute of Marine Science. This section examines the key features of the draft regulations proposed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) - model contracts, informed consent, …
Albert Namatjira: Copyright Estates And Traditional Knowledge, Matthew Rimmer
Albert Namatjira: Copyright Estates And Traditional Knowledge, Matthew Rimmer
Matthew Rimmer
Albert Namatjira was Australia's first Indigenous professional artist. He adapted Western-style painting to express his cultural knowledge of the Arrernte country, for which he was a traditional custodian. In his lifetime, Albert Namatjira achieved great acclaim for his exceptional ability as an artist. However, after his untimely death, he was ignored by the mainstream Australian art world, because of the aesthetic prejudices and social policies of the time. A recent exhibition entitled Seeing the Centre: The art of Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) curated by Alison French has sought to redress this neglect, and provide a retrospective of his work.The exhibition has …