The politics of genetic resource control
By: Anthony J. Stenson and Tim S. Gray.
Contributors: Gray, Tim, 1942-
Publisher: Macmillan; St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Germplasm resources, Plant -- Law and legislation; Plant varieties -- Patents; Germplasm resources, Plant -- Government policy
Description: "The question of how genetic resources ought to be owned and controlled has become a highly contested international political issue. The authors challenge the dominant proprietarian ethic and adopt an intrumental approach which safeguards the autonomy of traditional communities and balances the sovereign rights of states with the wider interests of humanity as a whole.

The book will be of interest to researchers in environmental politics, development studies and political theory as well as to practitioners and policy-makers around the world in governments, nongovernmental organizations and pressure groups."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.