Book ID: 62745
Swanson, Timothy M. (ed.)
Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity Conservation. A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Values of Medicinal Plants.1995. 4 figs. 7 tabs. XIII, 271 p. gr8vo.Hardcover.
The urgent need to ensure the conservation of biological diversity isnow widely recognised, but practical measures to protect endangeredspecies and habitats are still relatively few and generally limited todeveloped countries. This book discusses the economic and scientificrationales for biodiversity conservation, using arguments drawn from the use of medicinal plants in the pharmaceutical industry. - There isalso a paper back edition available at EUR 43.00