Pacific genes & life patents : Pacific indigenous experiences & analysis of the commodification & ownership of life editors, Aroha Te Pareake Mead and Steven Ratuva

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: 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.)
Other title:
  • Pacific genes and life patents
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 179.109 22
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available via the World Wide Web.
Contents:
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.
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MAIN LIBRARY Noumea 179.109 PAR 2007 Available 30380

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.