Pacific genes & life patents : Pacific Indigenous experiences & analysis of the commodification & ownership of life

Abstract

This book comprises the offerings of sixteen indigenous Pacific writers and presents the first publication of its kind in the region in terms of profiling the direct experiences of Pacific indigenous communities who have had an acrimonious encounter with science, biotechnology and intellectual property rights from inside the communities concerned. It records these events and the efforts Pacific activists and communities have gone through in order to 'put right' research, policy and legislation that has either gone askew or was not developed to adequately and appropriately address the issues that come about when science, culture and property rights interface.