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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... effect of the primary causes of destruction identified above . Effects of Biodiversity Erosion The erosion of biodiversity has serious ecological and social consequences since diversity is the basis of ecological and social stability ...
... effects of biotechnological BST are severe deterioration of the health of the cow and higher surplus in regions where milk surpluses are already driving dairy farmers out of business . One estimate shows that if BST were licensed in the ...
... effects on biological diversity with a view to avoiding or minimizing such effects and , where appropriate , allow for public participation in such procedures ; ( b ) Introduce appropriate arrangements to ensure that the environmental ...
Contents
The Disappeared Knowledge Systems | 9 |
The Destruction of Diversity as Weeds | 22 |
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Other editions - View all
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 |