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Under the title 'A Case History ofBio-piracy' for specific use, though the active ingredients
the penultimate chapter of the book makes a were not given Latinised scientific names."
very convincing portrayal of the grim
Following the GATT agreement and
situation that arose following the granting of
multinational companies demanding neem
patents on neem. W R Grace & Co. USA, one
as their 'intellectual property rights',
of the earliest patent holders of anti-pest
organisations from many nations filed
neem products justified their patents claiming
petitions against them. Vandana Shiva, co-
that their modernised extraction processes
author of this book was one of the petitio-
constitute a genuine innovation. The book
ners. The authors rightly see the neem tree as
considers the several patents granted to neem
a symbol of resistance to the creeping power
products as a clear case ofbio-piracy. It states:
of the global capital. At an easily affordable
" ... the processes are supposedly novel and an
price of Rs.7S this book is a model for future
advance on Indian techniques. However, this
efforts which aim at systematically
novelty exists mainly in the context of the
documenting the country's biodiversity and
ignorance of the West. Over the 2,000 years
its uses.
that neem-based biopesticides and medicines
have been used in India, many complex proc- M D Subash Chandran, Dr Baliga College, Vjveknagar,
esses were developed to make them available Kumta 581343, Uttara Kannada, India.
Challenge and Thrill of Pre- on a huge canvas, the authors have spread
College Mathematics their net far and wide capturing almost all
pre-calculus mathematics and going deep into
A Treasure House for Students every topic.
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