From perezoso@charm.net Tue May 16 18:41:27 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA08445; Tue, 16 May 95 18:41:27 -0700 Received: from sowebo.charm.net by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA02302; Tue, 16 May 95 18:41:25 -0700 Received: from charm.net by sowebo.charm.net; Tue, 16 May 95 21:41 EDT Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Length: 3543 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 20:38:55 -0400 To: biodiv-l@ftpt.br, native-l@gnosys.svle.ma.us, rainfor.general@gnosys.svle.ma.us, indknow@u.washington.edu, elan@csf.colorado.edu, lasnet@mcfeely.utexas.edu, latam-info@mailbase.ac.uk From: perezoso@charm.net (McCanahan Scajellifetti) Subject: Manuscript on Bioprospecting Available (free!) The following manuscript is offered free for personal use via the internet or at cost by regular mail. Please see below for ordering details. A Business of Development? Bioprospectors, Indigenous People, and the Pharmaceutical Industry in Northeastern Peru The thesis is a case study of bioprospecting and indigenous people in northeastern Peru. Using the International Cooperative Biodiversity Group-Peru project and Shaman Pharmaceuticals as primary examples, it explores bioprospector's associations with the Aguaruna and Huambisa peoples. The current state of Aguaruna and Huambisa medicinal plant knowledge is assessed as well as its relationship to Western intellectual property systems. Strong emphasis is given to analysis of the increasing role non-governmental organizations are playing in bioprospecting agreements. Appropriate methods of developing direct equitable links between pharmaceutical companies, ethnobotany researchers, and indigenous people are considered in detail. A MA/MS thesis in Latin American Studies and Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Austin that includes nearly a dozen color photos and numerous charts and diagrams. I will take "orders" until 5/23/95 and then send all requests in one batch. If you are interested, please respond soon, as I will likely not be able to handle individual requests later on. FOR PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO A MACINTOSH (PREFERRED): The 116 page thesis is available via the internet or on diskette as a Macintosh PDD ("portable digital document"). It may be printed from any Mac with Quickdraw GX - no other software is necessary. The PDD is roughly analagous to the EPS files used on many systems, except that the PDD may be viewed on-screen using SimpleText. Most new Macs, including all PowerPC's as well as many Centris and Powerbook models are sold with Quickdraw GX installed. Thus if you own or have access to a newer Mac, the thesis can be printed by simply dropping the archive on your printer icon. If you would like a diskette copy of the PDD, please send US $10.00 ($15.00 international) to the address below. I will use good diskette mailers; but no guarantee is made that they won't up and die in transit. NON-MACINTOSH SYSTEMS (NOT PREFERRED): While it is my preference to distribute the the thesis as a PDD, if you do not have access to a Mac there are two other options: First, e-mail me and let me know you are interested. If there are enough requests I will try to find an electronic means of sending it that a peecee or other system can handle. Sorry, because of size EPS is not a viable option. Alternatively, I will send a loose leaf, black and white paper copy to you. If you wish to do this, please send US $12.00 ($17.00 international) to the address below. SPECIAL NOTE: Many e-mail systems cannot handle large documents. While I will split the 5MB archive into pieces for mailing, please make sure that your system can handle segments as large as 500kb before you ask me to send it to you. If you or a friend has an anonymous FTP server, please tell me and I can put the archive directly onto your system. REQUESTS/QUESTIONS: perezoso@charm.net ADDRESS FOR DISKETTES OR PAPER: c/o 313 South Main St. Berlin MD 21811 USA Edward Hammond perezoso@charm.net http://www.charm.net/~perezoso/edhome.html .