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Book SynopsisThis 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 biological resources for commercial purposes, is a profit-oriented enterprise facing new challenges with the rise of human rights and biodiversity politics. This new situation has led to claims for political leverage made by indigenous communities, as well as to claims for national and local cultural identity and heritage. The picture presented here contributes to the widely discussed yet so far unresolved question of how to appropriately share benefits, and how to protect indigenous knowledge in this field.
Trade Review"The reading of the book is [...] a journey through a country that is still a mystery to many Western Europeans and is associated with murder and manslaughter rather than with the natural capital this country possesses." Thomas Feltes, https://polizei-newsletter.de, 239 (2020), translated from German
