The Life Industry

Preface vii
1. Introduction (Janet Bell and Michel Pimberi) 1
Part 1 The Tools of Control
2. Science, markets and power 25
2.1 Changes in the genetic supply industry (Jack Kloppenburg) 25
2.2 Genetic engineering and biotechnology in industry
(Janet Belt) 31
2.3 Biodiversity Newspeak (Christine von Weiszacker) 53
3. The power and the glory 69
3.1 The gene - that obscure object of desire (Regine Kollek) 69
3.2 Patenting life - trends in the US and Europe
(Christine Noiville) 76
3.3 The changing face of patents 86
Part 2 The Practice — Bioprospecting or Biopiracy?
4. Green gold 95
4.1 Equity issues in bioprospecting
(Charles Zerner and Kelly Kennedy) 96
4.2 The Body Shop model of bioprospecting (Mark Johnston) 110
4.3 Indigenous peoples' responses to bioprospecting
(Marcus Colchester) 114
4.4 The losers' perspective (Vandana Shiva) 119
5- Human genes - the new resource 137
5.1 The Human Genome Diversity Project 137
5.2 Indigenous peoples' reactions to the HGDP
( Victoria Corpus and Alejandro Argumedd) 145
5.3 Glorification of the genes - genetic determinism and
racism in science (Alan Goodman) 149
Part 3 Which way now?
6.1 Choices 163
6.2 Reversals for diversity - a new paradigm
(Robert Chambers) 173
6.3 Seeds of hope- 185
A vote for conscience over capital 185
Europe's moratorium on BGH 187
A gene bank working with farmers 189
The MASIPAG experience 190
The butterfly rises (Pat Mooney) 192
Appendices
About the authors 195
Acronyms 197
Glossary 199
Organizations 205