Reclaiming the commons : biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and the rights of Mother Earth
Shiva, Vandana2020
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"Reclaiming the Commons: biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and the rights of Mother Earth lays out the scientific, legal, political, and cultural struggle to defend the sovereignty of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge. Corporate war on nature and people through patents and corporate Intellectual Property Rights has unleashed an epidemic of biopiracy resulting in important legal battles fighting efforts to patent the rights to many plants, including basmati, neem, and wheat. The author presents details of the specific attempts made by corporations to secure these patents and the legal actions taken to fight them. This book goes beyond the legal struggle to position the necessary solutions to corporate control including explorations of the Rights of Nature and proposing a framework for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. It is the first detailed legal history of the international and national laws related to biodiversity and Intellectual Property Rights"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Reclaiming the commons : biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and the rights of Mother Earth / Vandana Shiva ; foreword by Ronnie Cummins with the Navdanya Team, Anugrah Bhatt, Prerna Anilkumar, Neha Raj Singh.
Author:
Shiva, Vandana, author
Edition:
[New edition].
Imprint:
Santa Fe : Synergetic Press, [2020]©2020
Collation:
321 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
Notes:
New edition of: The enclosure and recovery of the commons : biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and intellectual property rights / Vandana Shiva ... [et al.]. New Delhi : Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology, c1997.Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-317) and index.
ISBN:
9780907791782 (pbk)9780907791782
Dewey class:
304.2
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
503443
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Environment | 304.2 SHI | Available |