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• Biological Resources Act (NT) [Search]
  Bioprospecting is identifying new substances that could be used in biotechnology, including the production of new drugs. This Act regulates bioprospecting, and requires prior informed consent of the person(s) providing access to biological resources, who are often Indigenous owners. It also requires that a share of the benefits from the discovery, if any, be returned to the resource access provider (on Northern Territory Government website)
• Our Culture Our Future - Report on Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights [Search]
  PDF version (archived on Frankel Lawyers)