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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... transfer of wealth from the Americas to Europe the ' Columbian exchange ' , because with Columbus ' arrival in America started the mass transfer of maize , potatoes , squash , tomatoes , peanuts , common beans , sunflowers and other ...
... transfer of technology can take place while undesirable and haz- ardous transfer can be prevented . In the area of the environmentally safe management of biotechnologies , it is important to have criteria of demarcation between ...
... Transfer of Technology 1. Each Contracting Party , recognizing that technology includes biotechnology , and that both access to and transfer of technology among Contracting Parties are essential elements for the attainment of the ...
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 |