Research monograph (Australian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research), 2016, no. 38

"The twin problems of lack of reliable data and information on
indigenous peoples and the biopiracy and misuse of their traditional knowledge and cultural heritage are issues that have been grappled with in the process of drafting and negotiating the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). It is ironic that even with the emergence of the global ‘data revolution’ these problems persist in many countries where indigenous peoples live."..."The concept of data sovereignty, which is elaborated in this book, is linked with indigenous peoples’ right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, as well as their right to maintain, control, protect and develop their intellectual property over these." (From the Preface). Record #5299