Reclaiming the Commons Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth

Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth lays out the scientific, legal, political, and cultural struggle to defend the sovereignty of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge. Corporate war on nature and people through patents and corporate Intellectual Property Rights has unleashed an epidemic of biopiracy resulting in important legal battles fighting efforts to patent the rights to many plants, including basmati, neem, and wheat. The author presents details of the specific attempts made by corporations to secure these patents and the legal actions taken to fight them. The book goes beyond the legal struggle to position the necessary solutions to corporate control including the exploring the Rights of Nature and proposing a framework for a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth. It is the first detailed legal history of the international and national laws related to biodiversity and Intellectual Property Rights.

ISBN:	9780907791782
Publisher:	Synergetic Press
Imprint:	Synergetic Press
Published date:	14 Jul 2020
DEWEY:	304.20954
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	321 , 8 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	470g
Height:	153mm
Width:	228mm
Spine width:	27mm

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