INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON FORESTS (IWGF) REPORT
b) Technology Transfer
The participants emphasized the importance of strengthening and building capacity to facilitate the successful transfer of technology to developing countries, especially to improve human resource development (HRD) programmes; and strengthen the capacities of local R& D institutions to adapt, modify, and further develop new and indigenous technologies.
It was acknowledged that improved flow of information and better access to available technologies in the public domain and under Intellectual Property Right (IPR ) are desirable. In addition to IPR, the sovereign rights of countries over their natural resources and the legal and traditional rights of local communities and indigenous people were recognised. The promotion of technology transfer could be further enhanced through active partnerships between the public and private sectors of developing and developed countries.