India Grants Brazil Access to Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

• India and Brazil signed a cooperation agreement for Brazil to access India's Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL).
• The agreement allows the Brazilian Patent Office to use the TKDL database for patent examination and grant procedures.
• This initiative strengthens India's global efforts against biopiracy and misappropriation of traditional knowledge.
• The pact was signed during President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's visit and will be implemented by INPI, Brazil, and CSIR, India.
• TKDL, established in 2001, contains over 520,000 formulations from Indian medicine systems like Ayurveda, Unani, and Yoga.