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Autore: |
Vogel Joseph Henry
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Titolo: |
Genes for sale : privatization as a conservation policy / / Joseph Henry Vogel
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (170 p.) |
Disciplina: | 333.95/16 |
Soggetto topico: | Biodiversity conservation - Economic aspects |
Germplasm resources - Economic aspects | |
Privatization | |
Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 1994. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-145) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Statement of the Problem and Survey of the Solutions; 3. Genetically Coded Functions: The Importance of Definitions; 4. Analogy Becomes Application: Property Rights Mean Privatization; 5. Illustrating the Problem and the Property-Rights Solution; 6. Genesteaders; 7. The Rationale, Design, and Implementation of the Gargantuan Database; 8. Politics; 9. Finance; 10. Final Payments: Greenhouse-Gas Abatement; 11. Conclusion: The Ten Principles for Conserving Genetic Information; Notes; Glossary; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | This text details a solution to species loss: the privatization of genetic information. It makes the case that the world should abandon the doctrine of "the common heritage of mankind" and create private property rights over genes. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Genes for sale ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-19-770119-1 |
1-280-52738-2 | |
9786610527380 | |
0-19-535836-8 | |
1-4294-0592-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910810236003321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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