Accès aux ressources biologiques de Madagascar : ambiguïtés juridiques pour les détenteurs de connaissances traditionnelles

Rambinintsaotra, Saholy

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“…The Grande Île is a biodiversity hotspot, home to a treasure trove of endemic riches that have too often been plundered, to the great contempt of local communities holding the TK, which is intrinsically linked to these riches. The case of the Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) is, without a doubt, the most emblematic example that has served to illustrate discussions around biopiracy, defined as "the unauthorised commercial use of biological resources and/or associated traditional knowledge, or the patenting of spurious inventions based on such knowledge, without compensation" [8], it and continues to mark Malagasy politics in terms of biodiversity [9][10][11]. Madagascar also stands out for the singular place it occupies due to its natural and intangible resources, its colonial history, its state of economic development, and in terms of its experimentation with new global environmental policies and new instruments to protect biodiversity, the latest incarnation of which are biocultural community protocols (BCPs).…”

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Protecting Traditional Knowledge through Biocultural Community Protocols in Madagascar: Do Not Forget the “B” in BCP

Rakotondrabe

Girard

2021

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As in many other countries in the south, the traditional knowledge (TK) of local communities in Madagascar is facing extinction. Biocultural community protocols (BCP), introduced in Madagascar following the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol (2010) and defined by the Mo’otz Kuxtal Voluntary Guidelines as “a wide range of expressions, articulations, rules and practices produced by communities to indicate how they wish to engage in negotiations with stakeholders”, holds out hopes for TK protection. By analysing two pilot BCPs in Madagascar, one established around the Motrobe (Cinnamosma fragrans) with a view to strengthening the existing value chain (BCP in Mariarano and Betsako) and the second initially established around plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (BCP of the farmers in Analavory), this study aims to assess the place and value ascribed to TK in the overall BCP development process and to analyse whether or not the process has helped to strengthen and revitalise TK at the community level. The ethnographic studies show commonalities in both BCP, in particular their main focus on access and benefit-sharing mechanisms, this against the backdrop of an economic model which stresses the importance of financial and institutional incentives; and conversely, a relative disregard for what relates to the biocultural dimension of TK. Local taboos (fady) as well as traditional dina (social conventions), which have long allowed for the regulation of access to common resources/TK, are scarcely mentioned. Based on these findings, we conclude that in order to revitalise TK, the process of developing BCPs should recognise and give special importance to TK, considering it as a biocultural whole, bound together with the territory, local customs, and biological resources; or else, TK is likely to remain a commodity to be valued economically, or a component like any other.

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Protecting Traditional Knowledge through Biocultural Community Protocols in Madagascar: Do Not Forget the “B” in BCP

Rakotondrabe

Girard

2021

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Alternative sources of red dyes with high stability and antimicrobial properties: Towards an ecological and sustainable approach for five plant species from Madagascar

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Accès aux ressources biologiques de Madagascar : ambiguïtés juridiques pour les détenteurs de connaissances traditionnelles

Abstract: Référence électronique Saholy Rambinintsaotra, « Accès aux ressources biologiques de Madagascar : ambiguïtés juridiques pour les détenteurs de connaissances traditionnelles »,

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Protecting Traditional Knowledge through Biocultural Community Protocols in Madagascar: Do Not Forget the “B” in BCP

Protecting Traditional Knowledge through Biocultural Community Protocols in Madagascar: Do Not Forget the “B” in BCP

Alternative sources of red dyes with high stability and antimicrobial properties: Towards an ecological and sustainable approach for five plant species from Madagascar

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