Philanthrocapitalism and the erosion of democracy : a global citizens' report on the corporate control of technology, health, and agriculture / / edited by Vandana Shiva

• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Synergetic Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 pages)
• Disciplina: 361.7
• Soggetto topico: Businesspeople - Conduct of life
• Persona (resp. second.): ShivaVandana
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 & -- Melinda Gates Agricultural Innovations -- The Bill & -- 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 & -- 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 & -- 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 & -- 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 & -- 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 & -- Melinda Gates -- How the Cornell Alliance Spreads Disinformation and Discredits Agroecology -- Bt Brinjal: Alliance for Crooked Science & -- Corporate Lies -- Section X: An Earth-Based Philosophy -- A Message from Gaia -- Contributors -- Endnotes -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Philanthrocapitalism and the erosion of democracy
• ISBN: 0-907791-92-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817225603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II