Overview

The commercialization of biotechnology has resulted in an intensive search for new biological resources for the purposes of increasing food productivity, medicinal applications, energy production, and various other applications. Although biotechnology has produced many benefits for humanity, its applications have also resulted in some undesirable consequences such as diminished species biodiversity as well as diminished agrobiodiversity, environmental contamination, and the exploitation of intellectual property rights and patents in appropriating the biodiversity of developing countries.This book discusses the role of biological, ecological, environmental, ethical, and economic issues in the interaction between biotechnology and biodiversity, using different contexts. No other book has discussed all of these issues in a comprehensive manner. Of special interest is their impact when biotechnology is shared between developed and developing countries, and the lack of recognition of the rights of indigenous populations and traditional farmers in developing countries by large multinational corporations.

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Author:   Krishna R Dronamraju (President, Foundation For Genetic Research, Usa)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.830kg
ISBN:  

9789812775009

ISBN 10:   9812775005
Pages:   490
Publication Date:   11 June 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction -- Biotechnology and Society; Biodiversity, the Feedstock of the Biotechnology Industry; Traditional Knowledge, the Foundation of Agricultural Biotechnology and Biodiversity; Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity; Impact of Biotechnology on Biodiversity; Economics of Biodiversity and Biotechnology and Their Interrelationship; Ecological and Ethical Issues in Conserving Biodiversity; IPR Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology; Tropical Deforestation and Global Warming; Agricultural Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Economic Development; Ethics of Patenting in the Life Sciences; Economics of Biodiversity and Biotechnology and Their Interrelationship.

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