Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 2, 2022 4:38:41 GMT 12
NEW LAW BETTER PROTECTS INDIGENOUS PLANTS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO MĀORI, BUT DOESN'T REQUIRE SHARING OF PROFITS
The reform continues to offer this kind of intellectual property to plant breeders, but the law now also extends new protections for the guardian (kaitiaki) relationships Māori have with taonga plant species, as well as for mātauranga Māori. But it stops short of requiring that any benefits from the commercial use of these plants be shared.
The new act defines taonga plants as those Māori have special relationships with, either because they are indigenous to Aotearoa or because they are believed to have been brought to the country before European settlement from other parts of the Pacific region.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300754649/new-law-better-protects-indigenous-plants-of-significance-to-mori-but-doesnt-require-sharing-of-profits
The reform continues to offer this kind of intellectual property to plant breeders, but the law now also extends new protections for the guardian (kaitiaki) relationships Māori have with taonga plant species, as well as for mātauranga Māori. But it stops short of requiring that any benefits from the commercial use of these plants be shared.
The new act defines taonga plants as those Māori have special relationships with, either because they are indigenous to Aotearoa or because they are believed to have been brought to the country before European settlement from other parts of the Pacific region.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300754649/new-law-better-protects-indigenous-plants-of-significance-to-mori-but-doesnt-require-sharing-of-profits