1st Edition
The Use of Biodiversity in International Law A Genealogy of Genetic Gold
By Andreas Kotsakis
Copyright 2021
132 Pages
by
Routledge
132 Pages
by
Routledge
132 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book presents a legal genealogy of biodiversity – of its strategic use before and after the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1993.
This history of ‘genetic gold’ details how, with the aid of international law, the idea of biodiversity has been instrumentalized towards political and economic aims. A study of the strategic utility of biodiversity, rather than the utility... Read more
1. The ‘Undead’ Convention and Environmental Reason
2. Lambswool into Synthetic: Early Programmes
3. The Glare of International Law and the Grand Bargain
4. The Genetic Gold Rush
5. The Regulation of Genetic Gold
6.Conclusion - Still Here
Biography
Andreas Kotsakis is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
