Trading in genes : development perspectives on biotechnology, trade, and sustainability / / edited by Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz and Vicente Sanchez

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957180603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan, 2005
• ISBN: 9786610476091; 600-00-0016-2; 1-84977-343-2
• Edizione: [Revised.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Meléndez-OrtizRicardo; SánchezVicente
• Disciplina: 382/.456606
• Soggetti: Biotechnology - Developing countries; Biotechnology industries - Developing countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-284) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 the 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation