Pacific genes & life patents : Pacific indigenous experiences & analysis of the commodification & ownership of life editors, Aroha Te Pareake Mead and Steven Ratuva
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: Wellington, New Zealand Yokohama, Japan Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra and the United Nations University of Advanced Studies, c2007Description: 272 p. ill. (some col.) ; 30 cmISBN:- 047311237X (pbk.)
- Pacific genes and life patents
- 179.109 22
- Also available via the World Wide Web.
Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Cover title.
Sixteen papers profiling the direct experiences of Pacific indigenous communities who have had an acrimonious encounter with science, biotechnology and intellectual property rights from inside the communities concerned.
Includes bibliographical references.
Section one: Aotearoa/New Zealand -- Cook Islands -- Fiji Islands -- Hawaii -- Papua New Guinea -- Royal Kingdom of Tonga -- Samoa -- Vanuatu -- Section two: Pacific instruments relating to genes and gene patents.
Also available via the World Wide Web.