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When rhetoric hits reality in debate on bioprospecting

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  • Colin Macilwain

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The growing interest of pharmaceutical and agri-business companies in genes from natural products is generating a complex set of conflicts with Third World nations, where most of the world's genetic diversity is to be found.

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  • Colin Macilwain, 1998. "When rhetoric hits reality in debate on bioprospecting," Nature, Nature, vol. 392(6676), pages 535-536, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:392:y:1998:i:6676:d:10.1038_33237
    DOI: 10.1038/33237
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    1. Bonny, Sylvie, 2000. "Will Biotechnology Lead To More Sustainable Agriculture?," Transitions in Agbiotech: Economics of Strategy and Policy, June 24-25, 1999, Washington, D.C. 26017, Regional Research Project NE-165 Private Strategies, Public Policies, and Food System Performance.
    2. Pushpakumara, D.K.N.G & Kotagama, H.B, 2002. "Prospects of Pharmaceutical Prospecting to Finance Biodiversity Conservation in Sri Lanka," Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Economics, Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), vol. 4, pages 1-34.
    3. Sanchirico, James, 2004. "A Social Scientist's Perspective on the Potential Benefits of the Census of Marine Life," RFF Working Paper Series dp-04-23-rev, Resources for the Future.
    4. Wana W. Chinsembu & Kazhila C. Chinsembu, 2020. "‘Poisoned Chalice’: Law on Access to Biological and Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge in Namibia," Resources, MDPI, vol. 9(7), pages 1-34, July.

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