"This book covers an enormous span of issues and disciplinary perspectives. Especially welcome is the authors' efforts to address the moral and ethical aspects of this important topic."--Walter A. Rosenbaum, University of Florida
"This book covers an enormous span of issues and disciplinary perspectives. Especially welcome is the authors' efforts to address the moral and ethical aspects of this important topic."--Walter A. Rosenbaum, University of Florida
Lakshman D. Guruswamy is Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa and Director of the National Energy-Environmental Law and Policy Institute. Jeffrey A. McNeely is the Chief Scientist of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction / Lakshman D. Guruswamy and Jeffrey A. McNeely 1 I. Identifying the Problem: An Overview Biological Extinction: Its Scope and Meaning for Us / Peter H. Raven and Jeffrey A. McNeely 13 Biodiversity and Public Policy: The Middle of the Road / Ariel E. Lugo 33 II. Scientific Responses Biotechnology Can Help Reduce the Loss of Biodiversity / Robert B. Horsch and Robert T. Fraley 49 Agricultural Industrialization and the Loss of Biodiversity / Laura L. Jackson 66 An Ex Situ "Library of Life" Strategy / Gregory Benford 87 III. Economic Responses Sustainable Development and North-South Trade / Graciela Chichilnisky 101 Markets and Biodiversity / Geoffrey M. Heal 118 The Commercialization of Indigenous Genetic Resources as Conservation and Development Policy / R. David Simpson, Roger A. Sedjo, and John W. Reid 129 IV. Institutional Responses Scales, Polycentricity, and Incentives: Designing Complexity to Govern Complexity / Elinor Ostrom 149 Halting the Loss of Biodiversty: International Institutional Measures / Walter V. Reid 168 Rewarding Local Communities for Conserving Biodiversity: The Case of the Honey Bee / Anil K. Gupta 180 International Research on Crop Plants: Strategies for Utilizing Biotechnology and Proprietary Products / Gary H. Toenniessen 190 The Mayagna Indigenous Community of Nicaragua: Moving from Conflict to a Convergence of Interests / S. James Anaya and S. Todd Crider 202 Biodiversity Prospecting Frameworks: The INBio Experience in Costa Rica / Ana M. Sittenfeld and Annie Lovejoy 223 V. Moral Responses Biological Resources and Endangered Species: History, Values, and Policy / Bryan G. Norton 247 On the Uses of Biodiversity / Mark Sagoff 265 VI. Legal Implementation What to Do About Biodiversity: The Earth's Biological Riches in Law and Economics / Christopher D. Stone 287 Aspects of Intellectual Property in Biotechnology: Some European Legal Perspectives / Yvonne Cripps 316 Animals as Inventions: Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights / Mark Sagoff 331 The Convention of Biological Diversity: A Polemic / Lakshman D. Guruswamy 351 Transformative Possibilities: Reinventing the Convention on Biological Diversity / Brent Hendricks 360 Conclusion: How to Save the Biodiversity of Planet Earth / Jeffrey A. McNeely and Lakshman D. Guruswamy 376 Appendix 393 Contributors 415 Index 421
Acknowledgments ix Introduction / Lakshman D. Guruswamy and Jeffrey A. McNeely 1 I. Identifying the Problem: An Overview Biological Extinction: Its Scope and Meaning for Us / Peter H. Raven and Jeffrey A. McNeely 13 Biodiversity and Public Policy: The Middle of the Road / Ariel E. Lugo 33 II. Scientific Responses Biotechnology Can Help Reduce the Loss of Biodiversity / Robert B. Horsch and Robert T. Fraley 49 Agricultural Industrialization and the Loss of Biodiversity / Laura L. Jackson 66 An Ex Situ "Library of Life" Strategy / Gregory Benford 87 III. Economic Responses Sustainable Development and North-South Trade / Graciela Chichilnisky 101 Markets and Biodiversity / Geoffrey M. Heal 118 The Commercialization of Indigenous Genetic Resources as Conservation and Development Policy / R. David Simpson, Roger A. Sedjo, and John W. Reid 129 IV. Institutional Responses Scales, Polycentricity, and Incentives: Designing Complexity to Govern Complexity / Elinor Ostrom 149 Halting the Loss of Biodiversty: International Institutional Measures / Walter V. Reid 168 Rewarding Local Communities for Conserving Biodiversity: The Case of the Honey Bee / Anil K. Gupta 180 International Research on Crop Plants: Strategies for Utilizing Biotechnology and Proprietary Products / Gary H. Toenniessen 190 The Mayagna Indigenous Community of Nicaragua: Moving from Conflict to a Convergence of Interests / S. James Anaya and S. Todd Crider 202 Biodiversity Prospecting Frameworks: The INBio Experience in Costa Rica / Ana M. Sittenfeld and Annie Lovejoy 223 V. Moral Responses Biological Resources and Endangered Species: History, Values, and Policy / Bryan G. Norton 247 On the Uses of Biodiversity / Mark Sagoff 265 VI. Legal Implementation What to Do About Biodiversity: The Earth's Biological Riches in Law and Economics / Christopher D. Stone 287 Aspects of Intellectual Property in Biotechnology: Some European Legal Perspectives / Yvonne Cripps 316 Animals as Inventions: Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights / Mark Sagoff 331 The Convention of Biological Diversity: A Polemic / Lakshman D. Guruswamy 351 Transformative Possibilities: Reinventing the Convention on Biological Diversity / Brent Hendricks 360 Conclusion: How to Save the Biodiversity of Planet Earth / Jeffrey A. McNeely and Lakshman D. Guruswamy 376 Appendix 393 Contributors 415 Index 421
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