Earth Grab: Geopiracy, the New Biomassters and Capturing Climate Genes - Softcover

"["Earth Grab"] pulls back the curtain on disturbing technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society in the years ahead." --Dr. Vandana Shiva, founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology

"This crucial book reveals that if we aren't careful, the ecological crisis could turn into a Disaster Capitalism bonanza. Indispensable research for those with their eyes wide open." --Naomi Klein, author, "The Shock Doctrine"

""Earth Grab" warns of the immoral, unacceptable and barefaced piracy and manipulation being unleashed on the planet by peddlers of dangerous techno fixes driven by the creed of profit and planetary colonialism. A warning we ignore at our peril." --Nnimmo Bassey, executive director, Environment Rights Action, and chair, Friends of the Earth International

""Earth Grab" explores three crucial issues, which will come to dominate environmental and human rights debates in the coming years. It is an essential resource for anyone trying to keep up with the times." --George Monbiot, journalist and author, "Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning"

["Earth Grab"] pulls back the curtain on disturbing technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society in the years ahead. Dr. Vandana Shiva, founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology"

"Earth Grab" warns of the immoral, unacceptable and barefaced piracy and manipulation being unleashed on the planet by peddlers of dangerous techno fixes driven by the creed of profit and planetary colonialism. A warning we ignore at our peril. Nnimmo Bassey, executive director, Environment Rights Action, and chair, Friends of the Earth International"

"Earth Grab" explores three crucial issues, which will come to dominate environmental and human rights debates in the coming years. It is an essential resource for anyone trying to keep up with the times. George Monbiot, journalist and author, "Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning""

[Earth Grab] pulls back the curtain on disturbing technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society in the years ahead. Dr. Vandana Shiva, founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology"

This crucial book reveals that if we aren't careful, the ecological crisis could turn into a Disaster Capitalism bonanza. Indispensable research for those with their eyes wide open. Naomi Klein, author, The Shock Doctrine"

Earth Grab warns of the immoral, unacceptable and barefaced piracy and manipulation being unleashed on the planet by peddlers of dangerous techno fixes driven by the creed of profit and planetary colonialism. A warning we ignore at our peril. Nnimmo Bassey, executive director, Environment Rights Action, and chair, Friends of the Earth International"

This three-part book 'pulls back the curtain on disturbing technological and corporate trends that are already reshaping our world and that will become crucial battlegrounds for civil society in the years ahead.' Vandana Shiva, Founder, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology 'Geopiracy' analyses how Northern governments and corporations are cynically using growing concerns about the ecological and climate crisis to propose geoengineering 'quick fixes'. These threaten to wreak havoc on ecosystems, with disastrous impacts on the people of the global South. As calls for a 'greener' economy mount and oil prices escalate, corporations are seeking to switch from oil-based to plant-based energy. 'The New Biomassters' exposes how a biomass economy based on using gene technologies to reprogramme living organisms to behave as microbial factories will facilitate the liquidation of ecosystems. This constitutes a devastating assault of the peoples and cultures of the South, accelerating the wave of land grabs that are becoming common in Africa, Asia and Latin America. 'Capturing Climate Genes' shows how the worlds largest agribusiness companies including Monsanto, BASF, Dupont and Syngenta are pouring billions of dollars into, and claiming patents on, what are claimed to be 'climate-ready crops'. Far from helping farmers adjust to a warming world - something peasant farmers already know how to manage - these crops will allow industrial agriculture to expand plantation monocultures into lands currently cultivated by poor peasant farmers. These crops are not a solution to growing hunger, they will feed only the gluttony of corporate shareholders for profits.