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We need to stop Australia’s genetic heritage from being taken overseas
The Conversation, Vol.26 October 2015
The Conversation Media Group
2015
Abstract
In August this year Professor Mark Chase from the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, west of London, flew into Perth in Western Australia, hired a 4WD vehicle and drove north.
After clocking up 9,000km he told me he had collected seed from thousands of plants of nine species and subspecies belonging to one genus. This genetic resource is now catalogued and stored in England. He had done the same in South Australia in 2014 and plans to repeat the exercise in WA in 2016.
Let’s be clear upfront. Chase is no bio-pirate, he’s a respected professor and everything he did was perfectly legal and above board.
So what’s the problem?
Details
- Title
- We need to stop Australia’s genetic heritage from being taken overseas
- Authors/Creators
- S. Wiley (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- The Conversation, Vol.26 October 2015
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group
- Identifiers
- 991005540796707891
- Copyright
- The Author
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other
- Publisher URL
- http://theconversation.com/au
- Resource Sub-type
- Nonrefereed Article
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