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Curtailing Biopiracy of Traditional Medicinal Practices through an Effective Legal Framework in Uganda and Indonesia

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Clé publique

radar:r-e5adc942cf480eed6f7686cc5514194f

Auteurs

Fadumo Abdisatar Abdullahi · Firdaus Ariffin

Année déclarée

2026

Langue déclarée

en

Type source

article

Première détection

2026-11-13T12:40:37.083069+00:00

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2026-11-13T12:40:37.083069+00:00

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Non effectuée

Institutions déclarées par la source

Islamic University · Universitas Pasundan

Pays d’affiliation déclarés

BD · ID

Résumé documentaire — langue originale

Traditional medicine practice in Uganda and Indonesia is an essential storehouse of biocultural diversity, which forms the basis for primary health care services to around 80% of their respective populations. Biopiracy of such practices is a continuing menace, involving illegal use of patents by foreigners through appropriation of indigenous traditional health knowledge (THK) with no reciprocity in terms of benefit sharing. Statement of the problem lies in the legal gap whereby prevailing IP regimes underpinning individualistic Western values cannot offer adequate safeguards to the oral, collective nature of THK. The purpose of the research is to determine the efficacy of national and international laws to protect THK from biopiracy in Uganda and Indonesia. Adopting a doctrinal approach, statutes, international conventions, as well as court rulings, will be examined to determine the shortcomings in laws governing protection of THK. Results indicate that despite ratification of the CBD by the two countries, their domestic laws prove ineffective in the face of advanced bioprospecting. Conclusion drawn from the findings shows the need for enactment of sui generis laws as well as TKDL.

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OPENALEX

https://openalex.org/W7225564020

DOI

10.68928/alr-2026-2-1-04

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article

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article

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OpenAlex · Document 1

• Document · https://doi.org/10.68928/alr-2026-2-1-04

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