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Dennis S. Karjala. 2010. "Why Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge Cannot Contribute to Sustainable Development" ExpressOAvailable at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_karjala/5The point is only that intellectual property rights in traditional knowledge can do no good (in promoting sustainability) and may do much harm, by tying up knowledge in exclusive rights that inhibit its application to sustainability (or anything else) without any compensating social gains.See alsohttp://www.delicious.com/Klausgraf/Folklorehttp://log.netbib.de/archives/2004/09/28/korruptes-afrikaUpdate:http://afro-ip.blogspot.com/2010/09/ghana-to-prosecute-illicit-uses-of.html