Professor Sunder’s intriguing paper demonstrates the continuing power of the related ideas of environmentalism and the public domain, but it also identifies some of the hazards of those metaphors. I have only two unrelated thoughts to add to her analysis. First, I was struck by the parallels between her argument and the historiography involving the displacement by British colonists of Native Am...

The current international system for protecting intellectual property was fashioned during the age of enlightenment and industrialization and developed subsequently in line with the perceived needs of technologically advanced societies. However, in recent years, indigenous peoples, local communities, and governments, mainly in developing countries, have demanded equivalent protection for tradit...

the study was conducted in two settlements of ethnic communities in triyuga municipality of udayapur district, nepal. the main objective of the study was to prepare an inventory of cultivated diversity of plants and animal species by the ethnic communities in the research site and their use in farming and in sustaining the livelihoods. the study has been based on data collected through personal...