TRADING IN GENES: Development Perspectives on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainability - Softcover

Sanchez, Vicente

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184407028X ISBN 13: 9781844070282

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2003

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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Synopsis

Sustaining the new bioeconomy requires a global biotechnology governance regime to bring a large number of developing countries into the global trading system. Failure to do so will create a "genetic divide" among countries and is likely to intensify public opposition to biotechnology. This interdisciplinary collection of perspectives from the developing world - on debates over the relationships between biotechnology, biosafety, sustainable development and trade - seeks to bridge the gap between the different areas of regulatory activities and academic research and between the various stakeholders in the debate. Leading experts, writing for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, examine: the risks and opportunities of biotechnology; biosafety; intellectual property rights and related issues of access to genetic resources; benefit-sharing and traditional knowledge; biotechnological development; capacity building; the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; relevant WTO provisions; and developing countries' options in the WTO context.

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 184407028X
• ISBN 13: 9781844070282
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Melendez-Ortiz Ricardo