Genes for sale : privatization as a conservation policy / Joseph Henry Vogel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogel, Joseph Henry, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germplasm resources--Economic aspects.

Germplasm resources.

Biodiversity conservation--Economic aspects.

Biodiversity conservation.

Privatization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770119-1

1-280-52738-2

9786610527380

0-19-535836-8

1-4294-0592-9

OCLC:

476007507