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Trading in Genes: Development Perspectives on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainability - Hardcover

 
9781844070275: Trading in Genes: Development Perspectives on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainability
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1844070271 ISBN 13: 9781844070275
Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Few scientific developments have given rise to as much controversy as biotechnology. Numerous groups are united in their opposition, expressing concern over environmental and health risks, impacts on rural livelihoods, the economic dominance of multinational companies and the ethical implications of crossing species boundaries. Among the supporters of the technology are those that believe in its potential to enhance food security, further economic development, increase productivity and reduce environmental pressures. As a result, countries - and sectors within countries - find themselves at odds with each other while potential opportunities for development offered by the use of biotechnology are seized or missed, and related risks go unmanaged.

This book, a unique interdisciplinary collection of perspectives from the developing world, examines the ongoing debate. Writing for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, leading experts address issues such as diffusion of technology, intellectual property rights, the Cartagena Protocol, impacts of international trade, capacity building and biotechnology research and regulation. With the most recent and relevant examples from around the world, Trading in Genes offers the reader a single-volume overview of the connections between biotechnology, trade and sustainability that is both wide-ranging and thorough

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About the Author

Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz is Executive Director of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD). Vicente Sanchez is Visiting Professor at the United Nations University's Institute of Advanced Studies

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1844070271
ISBN 13 
9781844070275
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
320
Editor
Melendez-Ortiz Ricardo