03570nam 2200409 450 991079577430332120230629215750.00-907791-92-1(MiAaPQ)EBC6855892(Au-PeEL)EBL6855892(CKB)21079205200041(EXLCZ)992107920520004120220912d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPhilanthrocapitalism and the erosion of democracy a global citizens' report on the corporate control of technology, health, and agriculture /edited by Vandana ShivaLondon, England :Synergetic Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (206 pages)Includes index.Print version: Shiva, Vandana Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy Santa Fe, NM : Synergetic Press,c2022 9780907791911 Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Philanthrocapitalism and Colonization in the Digital Age -- Section I: A Global Empire -- Disrupting a World of Traditional Knowledge, Sovereignty, and Biodiversity -- An Overview of Bill &amp -- Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations -- The Bill &amp -- Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Rice Research Institute Alliance -- Section II: Patents, Gene Editing, and Digital Sequence Information -- Seed Ownership Through New Gene Editing Technologies -- Gene Editing: Unexpected Outcomes and Risks -- Megadiverse Countries as Providers of Genetic Resources &amp -- Digital Sequence Information -- Section III: Biopiracy -- Biopiracy of Climate Resilient Seeds -- Biopiracy Case Studies: GMO Bananas -- Section IV: Global Agriculture -- The Recolonization of Agriculture -- A Treaty to Protect Our Agricultural Biodiversity -- Ag Tech: Bill &amp -- Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations in Argentina -- Section V: The Third "Green Revolution" -- The Golden Rice Hoax -- Why We Oppose Golden Rice -- The Dystopia of the Green Revolution in Africa -- The Gates Foundation's Green Revolution Fails Africa's Farmers -- Seeds of Surveillance Capitalism -- Section VI: Biotechnology &amp -- Geoengineering -- The Problems with Lab Made Food -- Software To Swallow: The Intellectual Property Model of Food -- Bill Gates' Climate "Solutions": Funding for Geoengineering -- Section VII: Gene Drives &amp -- The Sixth Mass Extinction -- Driven to Exterminate: How Bill Gates Brought Gene Drive Extinction Technology into The World -- Gates Foundation Hired a Public Relations Firm to Manipulate the UN Over Gene Drives -- Targeting Palmer Amaranth: A Traditionally Nutritious and Culturally Significant Crop -- Global Resistance to Genetic Extinction Technology.Section VIII: Media, Health, and Education -- Digital Dictators -- The Philanthropic Monopoly of Bill &amp -- Melinda Gates -- How the Cornell Alliance Spreads Disinformation and Discredits Agroecology -- Bt Brinjal: Alliance for Crooked Science &amp -- Corporate Lies -- Section X: An Earth-Based Philosophy -- A Message from Gaia -- Contributors -- Endnotes -- Index.BusinesspeopleConduct of lifeBusinesspeopleConduct of life.361.7Shiva VandanaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795774303321Philanthrocapitalism and the erosion of democracy3712002UNINA