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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... introduced plant varieties leading to the dis- placement and destruction of local diversity . Dominant knowl- edge also destroys the very conditions for alternatives to exist , very much like the introduction of monocultures destroying ...
... introduced on the basis of ' preferred ' traits . The natural , native diversity is displaced by introduced monocultures of trees and crops . In forestry , Monocultures of the Mind 27 'Miracle' Trees and 'Miracle' Seeds.
... introduced only in the final round of negotia- tions in Nairobi . Article 17 para 2 and 3 of the 20 February draft addressed the issue of transfer of technology on fair and concessional terms , with no commitment to patents and intellec ...
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 |