Title:
Biopiracy : the plunder of nature and knowledge
Author:
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2016]
Physical Description:
xviii, 146 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781623170707
Abstract:
"A learned, clear, and passionately stated objection to the ways in which Western businesses are being allowed to expropriate natural processes and traditional forms of knowledge"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Piracy through patents : the second coming of Columbus -- Knowledge, creativity, and intellectual property rights -- Can life be made? can life be owned? : redefining biodiversity -- The seed and the Earth -- Biodiversity and people's knowledge -- Tripping over life -- Making peace with diversity -- Nonviolence and cultivation of diversity.
Language:
English
