Genes for sale [[electronic resource] ] : privatization as a conservation policy / / Joseph Henry Vogel
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| Autore: |
Vogel Joseph Henry
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| Titolo: |
Genes for sale [[electronic resource] ] : privatization as a conservation policy / / Joseph Henry Vogel
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (170 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.95/16 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biodiversity conservation - Economic aspects |
| Germplasm resources - Economic aspects | |
| Privatization | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| 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.: | 9910784760203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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