Pacific genes & life patents
Subtitle: Pacific indigenous experiences & analysis of the commodification & ownership of life
By: editors, Aroha Te Pareake Mead and Steven Ratuva
Contributors: Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra (Organization); Institute of Advanced Studies
Publisher: Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra and the United Nations University of Advanced Studies
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wellington, N.Z; Yokohama, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Genomes; Patents; Genes; Cultural property; Ira; Ārai
Other titles: Pacific genes and life patents
Notes: Cover title.

Sixteen papers profiling the direct experiences of Pacific indigenous communities who have had an acrimonious encounter with science, biotechnology and intellectual property rights from inside the communities concerned.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via the World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Section one: Aotearoa/New Zealand; title: Cook Islands; title: Fiji Islands; title: Hawaii; title: Papua New Guinea; title: Royal Kingdom of Tonga; title: Samoa; title: Vanuatu; title: Section two: Pacific instruments relating to genes and gene patents.