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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... biological diversity is a common concern of humankind , Reaffirming that States have sovereign rights over their own biological resources , Reaffirming also that states are responsible for conserving their biological diversity and for ...
... biological resources , and the desirability of sharing equitably benefits arising from the use of traditional knowledge , innovations and practices relevant to the conservation of biological diversity and the sustainable use of its ...
... biological resources from natural habitats for ex - situ conservation purposes so as not to threaten ecosystems and ... Biological Diversity Each Contracting Party shall , as far as possible and as appropriate : ( a ) Integrate ...
Contents
The Disappeared Knowledge Systems | 9 |
The Destruction of Diversity as Weeds | 22 |
9 | 32 |
Copyright | |
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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 |