Monocultures of the Mind: Perspectives on Biodiversity and BiotechnologyBloomsbury Academic, 1993 - 184 pages Vandana Shiva has established herself as a leading independent thinker and voice for the South in that critically important nexus where questions of development strategy, the environment and the posititon of women in society coincide. In this new volume, she brings together her thinking on the protection of biodiversity, the implications of biotechnology, and the consequences for agriculture of the global pre-eminence of Western-style scientific knowledge. |
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... appropriate , the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity into relevant sectoral or cross - sectoral plans , programmes and policies . Article 7. Identification and Monitoring Each Contracting Party shall , as far as ...
... appropriate conditions ; ( d ) Regulate and manage collection of biological resources from natural habitats for ex - situ conservation purposes so as not to threaten ecosystems and in - situ populations of species , except where special ...
... appropriate , shall : ( a ) Introduce appropriate procedures requiring environmental impact as- sessment of its proposed projects that are likely to have significant adverse effects on biological diversity with a view to avoiding or ...
Contents
The Disappeared Knowledge Systems | 9 |
The Destruction of Diversity as Weeds | 22 |
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Monocultures of the Mind: Perspectives on Biodiversity and Biotechnology Vandana Shiva Limited preview - 1993 |
Monocultures of the Mind: Perspectives on Biodiversity and Biotechnology Vandana Shiva No preview available - 2011 |