Crónica de la Ley 27811: 16 años después, aciertos y desafíos en la protección de los conocimientos tradicionales de los pueblos indígenas asociados a la diversidad biológica

Abstract

The article describes the process of developing and enacting the Law N° 27811, Law introducing a protection regime for the collective knowledge of indigenouspeoples derived from biological resources; and briefly analyze some provisions successfully applied which therefore constitute a practical advance in the protection of traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples; also ponder about the possible causes for the absence of license contracts or the implementation of the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples, as main themes of the Law.