Trading in Genes : "Development Perspectives on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainability".
Title:
Trading in Genes : "Development Perspectives on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainability".
Author:
Sánchez, Vicente.
ISBN:
9781849773430
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (321 pages)
Contents:
Trading in Genes Development Perspectives on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainability -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures and Tables -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- PART ONE - WEIGHING BIOTECHNOLOGY ON THE SCALES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- 1 Developing Countries in the Global Bioeconomy: Emerging Issues -- 2 From Biotech Innovation to the Market: Economic Factors Driving the South's Competitiveness in Biotechnology -- 3 Biotechnology: A Turning Point in Development or an Opportunity that Will Be Missed? -- 4 Trade in Biotechnology: Development and the Clash of Collective Preferences -- 5 Benefiting from Agricultural Biotechnology: Challenges for Developing Countries -- 6 Approaching Biotechnology: Experiences from Brazil and Argentina -- 7 Addressing Challenges of Tropical Agriculture: Colombia's Cassava Case -- PART TWO - TRADE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY: NEW CHALLENGES IN AN OLD PLAYGROUND -- 8 Intellectual Property and Biotechnology: Trade Interests of Developing Countries -- 9 Closing in on Biopiracy: Legal Dilemmas and Opportunities for the South -- 10 Balancing Biosafety and Trade: The Negotiating History of the Cartagena Protocol -- 11 The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: A New Hot Spot in teh Trade-Environment Conflict? -- 12 Building Sound Governance Structures for the Safe Application of Biotechnology -- 13 Regulating Trade in GMOs: Biotechnology and the WTO -- 14 The Emerging Global Biotech Trade Regime: A Developing Country Perspective -- APPENDICES -- I International Legal Frameworks for Biotechnology, Biosafety and Trade -- II National Legal Frameworks for Biotechnology, Biosafety and Trade -- III Pariticipants at the ICTSD dialogue on 'Biotechnology, Biosafety and Trade: Issues for Developing Countries' -- Selected Readings on Biotechnology, Biosafety and Trade -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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