
The Life Industry
Biodiversity, people and profits
Published: 1996
Pages: 216
eBook: 9781780446165
Paperback: 9781853393419
Preface vii | |||
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1. Introduction (Janet Bell and Michel Pimberi) 1 | |||
Part 1 The Tools of Control | |||
2. Science, markets and power 25 | |||
2.1 Changes in the genetic supply industry (Jack Kloppenburg) 25 | |||
2.2 Genetic engineering and biotechnology in industry | |||
(Janet Belt) 31 | |||
2.3 Biodiversity Newspeak (Christine von Weiszacker) 53 | |||
3. The power and the glory 69 | |||
3.1 The gene - that obscure object of desire (Regine Kollek) 69 | |||
3.2 Patenting life - trends in the US and Europe | |||
(Christine Noiville) 76 | |||
3.3 The changing face of patents 86 | |||
Part 2 The Practice — Bioprospecting or Biopiracy? | |||
4. Green gold 95 | |||
4.1 Equity issues in bioprospecting | |||
(Charles Zerner and Kelly Kennedy) 96 | |||
4.2 The Body Shop model of bioprospecting (Mark Johnston) 110 | |||
4.3 Indigenous peoples' responses to bioprospecting | |||
(Marcus Colchester) 114 | |||
4.4 The losers' perspective (Vandana Shiva) 119 | |||
5- Human genes - the new resource 137 | |||
5.1 The Human Genome Diversity Project 137 | |||
5.2 Indigenous peoples' reactions to the HGDP | |||
( Victoria Corpus and Alejandro Argumedd) 145 | |||
5.3 Glorification of the genes - genetic determinism and | |||
racism in science (Alan Goodman) 149 | |||
Part 3 Which way now? | |||
6.1 Choices 163 | |||
6.2 Reversals for diversity - a new paradigm | |||
(Robert Chambers) 173 | |||
6.3 Seeds of hope- 185 | |||
A vote for conscience over capital 185 | |||
Europe's moratorium on BGH 187 | |||
A gene bank working with farmers 189 | |||
The MASIPAG experience 190 | |||
The butterfly rises (Pat Mooney) 192 | |||
Appendices | |||
About the authors 195 | |||
Acronyms 197 | |||
Glossary 199 | |||
Organizations 205 |
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