Land-grabs, Biopiracy and the Inversion of Justice in Colombia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399986 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Rodriguez Goyes (0000-0003-4287-8631, University of Oslo, corresponding author), Nigel South (0000-0001-5742-7257, Queensland University of Technology) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 558-577 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azv082 |
| OpenAlex | W2098483995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 16 |
The possibility of commercially exploiting plant, animal and human genetic resources unlocked by biotechnology has given rise to a wide range of cultural, environmental, ethical and economic conflicts. While supporters describe this activity as bioprospecting, critics refer to it as biopiracy. According to this latter view, international legal agreements and treaties have disregarded opposition and legalized the possibility of appropriating genetic resources and their derivative products through the use of patents. The legal framework that permits the appropriation of natural genetic products in Colombia also criminalizes aspects of traditional ways of life and enables a legally approved but socially harmful land-grabbing process. The article describes these processes and impact in terms of the inversion of justice and the erosion of environmental sustainability.
Appropriation · Biology · Bioprospecting · Environmental ethics · Environmental planning · Geography · Law and economics · Natural resource · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sustainability · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Ecology · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Law
Postextractive and decolonial imaginaries in transdisciplinary research. Art, science and technology towards egalitarian epistemologies and regenerative futures
Environmental Conservation or the Treadmill of Law
Greening the Concept of State Crime
Green Criminology and Environmental Crimes and Harms
Value, logistics and violence
Blood oil
Penal extractivism
The Transformative Potential of Restorative Justice
Ecocide, genocide, capitalism and colonialism
Environmentality on the Canadian Prairies
Editors’ Introduction to the Special Issue, “Southern Criminologies
Green Activist Criminology and the Epistemologies of the South
Tensions for Green Criminology
The Role of Denial in the ‘Theft of Nature
La nécessité d’associer la biopiraterie à la criminalité environnementale en droit international
Reframing Public Policy
Human rights and nature
Is Policy Towards Intellectual Property Rights Addressing the Real Problems? The Case of Unauthorized Appropriation of Genetic Resources
Crime, Bio-Agriculture and the Exploitation of Hunger
Criminology and Genetically Modified Food
Deforestation Crimes and Conflicts in the Amazon
Global Biopiracy
The Development of Indigenous Knowledge
The World's Crop Genetic Resources and the Rights of Indigenous Farmers
| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |