Biodiversity Resources

Compiled by Rebecca Scheib

ORGANIZATIONS

Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies
http://www.stanford.edu/group/morrinst/index.shtml

Union of Concerned Scientists 
http://www.ucsusa.org/

Council for Responsible Genetics
http://www.gene-watch.org/

Rural Advancement Foundation International
http://www.rafi.ca/

International Center for Technology Assessment
http://www.icta.org/

Foundation on Economic Trends
http://www.biotechcentury.org/

United States Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
http://www.iatp.org/iatp/

Cultural Survival
http://www.cs.org/

American Anthropological Association
http://www.ameranthassn.org/

Society of Economic Botany
http://www.econbot.org/

Society of Ethnobiology
http://guallart.dac.uga.edu/

 

BOOKS

The Human Body Shop: The Engineering and Marketing of Life
by Andrew Kimbrell (HarperCollins, 1994)

Genetic Engineering: Dreams and Nightmares
by Enzo Russo and David Cove (W.H. Freeman, 1995)

The Last Harvest: The Genetic Gamble That Threatens to Destroy American Agriculture
by Paul Raeburn (Simon & Schuster, 1995)

The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon
by Dorothy Nelkin and M. Susan Lindee (W.H. Freeman, 1995)

Gene Future: The Promise and Perils of the New Biology
by Thomas F. Lee (Plenum Press, 1993)

 

Related Articles: 

Introduction 
Bioprospecting or Biopiracy?

Andrew Kimbrell on High-Tech Piracy 
From one-eyed swordsmen to scientists in rubber gloves, once again the earth's riches are being looted

Hank Greely on Mapping the Territory
Global genome project searches for cures, not controversy

Pharmaceutical Giant Shares the Wealth 
Merck funds R and D in Costa Rica

Transnationals with a Conscience
Some drug companies are trying to do the right thing

Biodiversity Resources 


 

Resources for Special Section, March 1996.