Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth

Shiva, Vandana

ISBN 10: 0907791786 / ISBN 13: 9780907791782

Editore: Synergetic Press (edition ), 2020

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Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Traditional 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. The book goes beyond the legal struggle to position the necessary solutions to corporate control including the exploring 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.

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Titolo: Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, ...
Casa editrice: Synergetic Press (edition )
Data di pubblicazione: 2020
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good