Many types of action can be taken in favour of the conservation and sustainable use of
medicinal plants. Some of these are undertaken directly at the places where the plants are …

In this, the latest in the People and Plants series, plant conservation is described in the
context of livelihoods and development, and ways of balancing the conservation of plant …

The intensification of agricultural production has been a focus of debate because of its
profound effects on food availability, rural populations, use of resources, biodiversity, and …

Globally, many nations are legislating access for bioprospecting purposes to their biological
and genetic resources. South Africa, as a megadiverse country, has recently regulated …

Este paper têm sete partes. Na primeira o autor discute sua abordagem da globalização. Na
segunda parte discutem-se a Globalização Ambiental e a Política Ambiental Global. Na …

Agricultural intensification can be technically defined as an increase in agricultural
production per unit of inputs (which may be labour, land, time, fertilizer, seed, feed or cash) …

This book deals with the values of medicinal plants and associated knowledge (s) in the field
of bioprospecting in post-apartheid South Africa. Bioprospecting, the use of genetic or …

What is murkier is how ethical problems underlie the startling changes in agricultural
practices and outputs. How, a good scientist might ask, can any ethical problems be …

In a recent essay published in the prestigious series of readings in ethics issued by the Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations David Fraser discusses the relationship …

The application of biotechnologies is advancing rapidly, generating exponentially increasing
amounts of DNA resources, including their related information. Standardized strategies and …