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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... genes to be exploited at will for profits and control . Putting value on the gene through patents makes biology stand on its head . Complex organisms which have evolved over millenia in nature , and through the contributions of Third ...
... gene banks . By not including the issue of ownership and related rights over genetic resources presently in gene banks , the Biodiversity Convention could result in serious economic loss to developing countries as industrial countries ...
... gene banks . They could argue that since the major international regu- latory instrument ( the Convention ) does not cover the issue of rights and obligations over genetic resources in gene banks and botanical gardens , then governments ...
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 |