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Additional readings on the New Rights & Responsibilities of SD

Cornell University and Plenty Canada Indigenous Economics: Toward a Natural World Order
Akwe:kon Journal 9 (Summer 1992).

Special edition of Akwe:kon Journal with articles contributed by indigenous writers from around the world. Topics include indigenous perspectives on international development, investing in indigenous knowledge and indigenous environmental perspectives.

Gleckman, Harris and Riva Krut Business Regulation and Competition Policy: the Case for In- ternational Action
London: Christian Aid, 1994. 40p.
Makes a strong case for the need for regional and international agreements on transnational codes of conduct and a regulatory system for global trade.

Hanna, Susan and Mohan Munasinghe, eds. Property Rights in a Social and Ecological Context: Case Studies and Design Applications
Washington, DC: World Bank, 1995. 206p.
Case studies on socially-embedded systems of property rights. Topics include governance, equity, stewardship, traditional knowledge, poverty, population and linking mechanisms.

Kane, Michael J. Promoting Political Rights to Protect the Environment
Yale Journal of International Law 18 (1:1993): 389-411.
Describes the emerging relationship between efforts to promote human rights and efforts to protect the environment.

Putterman, Daniel M. Model Material Transfer Agreements for Equitable Biodiversity Prospecting
Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy 7 (1:1996) : 145- 173.
Provides a useful framework for the nitty-gritty details of compensation when a community decides to share its traditional knowledge or other resources with outside groups, such as pharmaceutical firms and forestry or mining companies.

United Nations International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Human Rights Web. http://www.traveller.com/~hrweb/legal/escr.html (22 June, 1995).
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Human Rights Web. http://www.traveller.com/~hrweb/legal/udhr.html (22 June, 1995).