100 65 Alejandro Argumedo Tools for ABS and the protection of TK – such as the Potato Park’s BCP – may fall short without a local to international policy environment that creates a healthy relationship between local societies and nation states. Decision makers need to define national and international policies and legal frameworks for the protection of traditional knowledge based on the concept of collective biocultural heritage. CONTACT DETAILS Alejandro Argumedo Asociación ANDES Calle Ruinas 451 Casilla Postal No. 567 Cusco Cusco Peru Email: alejandro@andes.org.pe Website: www.andes.org.pe/en REFERENCE Smith L.T. (1999) Decolonising methodologies: research and indigenous peoples. Zed Books: London.

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