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BRAZIL: Regulates access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge through a sui generis regime created on August 23, 2001. The regime provides for equitable sharing of benefits derived from exploration of genetic heritage and related traditional knowledge.
PANAMA: Protects collective intellectual property rights and the traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples through a law adopted on June 26, 2000. The law covers collective indigenous rights relating to art, music, literature, biological, medical and ecological knowledge and other cultural manifestations that have no known author or date of origin.
PERU: A law promulgated in 2002, gives indigenous communities rights to give consent for using traditional knowledge. And when access to such knowledge is sought for commercial purposes, the law stipulates equitable distribution of benefits
PORTUGAL: A decree promulgated in April 20, 2002, creates a legal system for registering plant material which have actual or potential value for agriculture and agro-forestry. The commercial or industrial reproduction and use of traditional knowledge is protected if such knowledge is identified, described and registered in the Registry of Plant Genetic Resources.
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