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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1016/S0016-7185(02)00088-X
Titel (primär) The state and the regulation of biodiversity - International biopolitics and the case of Mexico
Autor Brand, U.; Görg, C.
Quelle Geoforum
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
Department SUSOZ
Band/Volume 34
Heft 2
Seite von 221
Seite bis 233
Sprache englisch
Abstract

In this article, the evolving forms of biodiversity politics are examined in the light of regulation theory and in the tradition of materialistic state theory (Gramsci, Poulantzas, etc.). Biodiversity politics is not so much oriented toward the conservation of biodiversity as towards the creation of a stable political-institutional framework for its commercialization. In this contested and contradictory process, the nation state plays a crucial role. After a few remarks on the theoretical assumptions, some basic elements of the international regulation system of genetic resources are presented. The main topics of international biodiversity politics beside conservation are: access to biodiversity and its genetic resources, benefit sharing from its use and intellectual property rights. A major problem of this system is the relationship between varying negotiation processes in different fora. Another closely connected problem is the contradictory relationship between different regulatory levels at different spatial scales (international, regional, local). These contradictions are analyzed for the case of Mexico. Central issues of Mexican biodiversity politics, and the different actors, forces and interests are outlined and discussed against our initial theoretical reflections. Bioprospecting projects in the south of Mexico have raised questions of legal and legitimate forms of access, which have generated growing concern and significant disputes within Mexico. Finally, some conclusions are drawn, binding together the theoretical with the empirical results of our study.

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Brand, U., Görg, C. (2003):
The state and the regulation of biodiversity - International biopolitics and the case of Mexico
Geoforum 34 (2), 221 - 233