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The Use of Biodiversity in International Law: A Genealogy of Genetic Gold

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Description for The Use of Biodiversity in International Law: A Genealogy of Genetic Gold Hardback. Series: Law, Science and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: LAQ; LBBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .

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 of its protection under international law, the book’s focus is not, therefore, on the sustainable or non-sustainable use of biodiversity as a natural resource, but rather on its historical use as an intellectual resource. Although biodiversity is still not ... Read more

Drawing from environmental history, the philosophy of science, political economy and development studies, this book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in Environmental Law, International Law, Environmental Studies, and Ecology.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Law, Science and Society
Number of Pages
132
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138849099
SKU
V9781138849099
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About Andreas Kotsakis
Andreas Kotsakis is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

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