Life Industry: Biodiversity, People and Profits (WWF, 1996)

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Preface

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1. Introduction

Part 1 - The tools of control

2. Science, markets and power

2.1. Changes in the genetic supply industry

2.2. Genetic engineering and biotechnology in industry

2.3. Biodiversity newspeak

3. The power and the glory

3.1. The gene - that obscure object of desire

3.2. Patenting life - trends in the US and Europe

3.3. The changing face of patents

Part 2 - The practice- bioprospecting or biopiracy?

4. Green gold

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4.1. Equity issues in bioprospecting

4.2. The body shop model of bioprospecting

4.3. Indigenous peoples, responses to bioprospecting

4.4. The losers' perspective

5 Human genes - The new resource

5.1. The human genome diversity project

5.2. Indigenous peoples' reactions to the HGDP

5.3. Glorification of the Genes - genetic determinism and racism in science

Part 3 - Which way now?

6.1. Choices

6.2. Reversals for diversity - a new paradigm

6.3 Seeds of hope

Appendices

About the authors

Acronyms

Glossary

Organizations