• Preface vii
• 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

Miges Baumann