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Emerging consequences Biotechnology Biodivrsity IPR issues

The commercialization of biotechnology has resulted in a search for biological resources for the purposes of increasing food productivity, medicinal applications, and energy production. This book discusses the role of biological, ecological, environmental, ethical, and economic issues in the interac...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krishna Dronamraju
Format: Printed Book
Published: Singapore World Scientific 2008
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Biotechnology and Society; Biodiversity, the Feedstock of the Biotechnology Industry; Traditional Knowledge, the Foundation of Agricultural Biotechnology and Biodiversity; Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity; Impact of Biotechnology on Biodiversity; Economics of Biodiversity and Biotechnology and Their Interrelationship; Ecological and Ethical Issues in Conserving Biodiversity; IPR Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology; Tropical Deforestation and Global Warming; Agricultural Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Economic Development; Ethics of Patenting in the Life Sciences; Economics of Biodiversity and Biotechnology and Their Interrelationship.