[E-rundbrief] Info 958 - Geoengineering nanotechnology... in Africa

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 958 - Pambazuka News/ ETC 
Group: Articles discussing developments in new 
technologies and the alarming implications for the 
African continent and the global South at large.

Bad Ischl, 13.10.2010

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A special issue of Pambazuka News (Issue # 499), 
produced in collaboration with ETC Group, presents 
a range of articles discussing developments in new 
technologies and the alarming implications for the 
African continent and the global South at large. 
This collection outlines the sheer scale of this 
'technological tsunami' and the immense challenges 
for Africa’s self-determination and for 
biodiversity. The articles expose the dangers of 
governments giving free rein to corporations to 
use new technologies to solve problems that at 
root require social and political solutions.

The 14 articles in the collection are:

- New technologies and the threat to sovereignty 
in Africa - Firoze Manji and Molly Kane
- The big squeeze: Geopirating the remaining 
commons - Pat Mooney
- Big continent and tiny technology: 
Nanotechnology and Africa - Kathy Jo Wetter
- Biopiracy, the intellectual property regime and 
livelihoods in Africa - Oduor Ong'wen
- The new biomassters and their assault on 
livelihoods - Jim Thomas
- Synthetic biology in Africa: time to pay 
attention - Gareth Jones and Mariam Mayet
- Pulp fact or fiction? - Khadija Sharife
- Unclean development mechanism - Blessing Karumbidza
- Of InfraREDD and InfoREDD - Pat Mooney
- Eco-certification: Who watches the watchers? - 
Khadija Sharife
- Is seed recuperation possible? - Anne Maina
- Geoengineering the planet: What is at stake for 
Africa? - Diana Bronson
- Voices of resistance and hope from the World 
People's Conference on Climate Change - Silvia Ribeiro
- Biotechnology and dispossessions in Kenya - 
Khadija Sharife

Plus

- Further reading on biofuels, land rights and 
land grabbing
- Hands Off Mother Earth: Support the 
international campaign
- A note about ETC Group - ETC Group

Pambazuka News is an award winning electronic 
newsletter providing a platform for progressive 
Pan-African perspectives on politics, development 
and global affairs.

To read the special issue online: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/issue/499

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