Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge

Vandana Shiva

South End Press, Jan 1, 1997 - Law - 148 pages

In this intelligently argued and principled book, internationally renowned Third World environmentalist Vandana Shiva exposes the latest frontier of the North's ongoing assault against the South's biological and other resources. Since the land, the forests, the oceans, and the atmosphere have already been colonized, eroded, and polluted, she argues, Northern capital is now carving out new colonies to exploit for gain: the interior spaces of the bodies of women, plants and animals.

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Clear, provocative and simply inspiring. Should be read by everyone, since the issue does concern all of us.

About the author

A world-renowned environmental leader and recipient of the 1993 Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award), Shiva has authored several bestselling books, most recently Earth Democracy. Activist and scientist, Shiva leads, with Ralph Nader and Jeremy Rifkin, the International Forum on Globalization. Before becoming an activist, Shiva was one of India's leading physicists.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge; Ecology and Green Politics Series
• Author: Vandana Shiva
• Publisher: South End Press, 1997
• ISBN: 0896085554, 9780896085558
• Length: 148 pages
• Subjects: Law / Natural Resources; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Political Science / Globalization; Science / Biotechnology