The Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB) is a non-profit organization based in Nixon, Nevada that aims to assist indigenous peoples in the protection of their genetic resources, indigenous knowledge, cultural and human rights from what it considers to be the negative effects of biotechnology.

IPCB was a signatory of the Indigenous Peoples' Seattle Declaration in 1999.http://www.ldb.org/indi99.htm

See also

• Convention on Biological Diversity
• George Annas, a director of IPCB
• Jonathan Marks, a director of IPCB
• Stuart Newman, a director of IPCB

Further reading

• Chris Richards, Interview with Debra Harry and the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, New Internationalist, December 2005 accessed at http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JQP/is_385/ai_n15970745 August 4, 2006
• Statements by organizations representing indigenous and local communities, on Convention on Biological Diversity website, accessed at http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/socio-eco/traditional/instruments.aspx?grp=STA August 4, 2006

External links

• IPCB