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100			_aAshish Kothari _9124319
245			_aUnderstanding Biodiversity: _bLife Sustainability and Equity
260			_aNew Delhi _bOrient Longman _c1997
300			_axv,161p. _bPB _c21x14cm.
365			_2Economics _b75.00 _c₹ _d75.00
440			_aTracts for the Times/11 _9124318
520			_aUnderstanding Biodiversity comes as a wake-up call at a time when the predatory practices of our 'modern' civilization have transformed nature into an exploitable resource, opened up our plant and animal life to endless expropriation and eroded the biodiversity that has made our life on earth possible. This tract forces us to confront basic issues: the need to conserve biodiversity, the conservation of wildlife and wildlife habitats, our protectionist policies which have more often endangered than conserved, our agricultural policies that have encouraged monocultures at the expense of indigenous varieties and genetic diversity. Also examined are the complex issues of access to biodiversity, the equitable sharing of benefits, patents and intellectual property rights, the Convention on Biodiversity and its relevance to India. The tract is a passionate plea to rethink our development priorities, re-evaluate our wildlife and agricultural strategies, and our relations between and within nations.
650			_aConserving Wildlife _9124313
650			_aPeople Patents _9124314
650			_aDomesticated Biodiversity _9124315
700			_aKOTHARI (Ashish) _9124316
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