Intellectual Property Rights and Conservation of Forest Resources

The fruits of human creativity are linked to Intellectual property and are integral to the progress of human kind, an indispensable element in economic development in present global environment. Intellectual property plays an important role in an increasingly broad range of areas, ranging from the Internet, biotechnology, forests, agriculture, health care and nearly all aspects of science and technology. At present, there is a sharp contrast between the wide spread international recognition of biotechnology’s benefits and the apprehensions about its possible dangers to ecology. The Book ‘Intellectual Property Rights and Conservation of Forest Resources’ provides information on international perspective of important issues in the field of patenting. The book examines international agreements, as well as national laws on the Intellectual Property Rights.

The book makes readers aware of historical developments associated with IPR and requirements of IPR relating to ‘spatial information or any geo-data’. The case study on ‘computerized application for determining vulnerability of species in wild’, throws new dimension to determining vulnerability of species. The author, Dr Sudhanshu Gupta, has demonstrated computerized application for determining vulnerability of species in wild and has defined vulnerability of species based on statistically determined probable mathematical estimates. It is a book many people, may like to read to gain new depth and meaning to IPR related resources and their vulnerability.