Gates to a Global Empire

Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction:
Philanthrocapitalism and Colonization in the Digital Age xv
Vandana Shiva
SECTION I: A GLOBAL EMPIRE
Disrupting a World of Traditional Knowledge,
Sovereignty, and Biodiversity 3
Vandana Shiva
An Overview of Bill & Melinda Gates
Agricultural Innovations 17
Navdanya
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the
International Rice Research Institute Alliance 27
Chito P. Medina
SECTION II: PATENTS, GENE EDITING,
AND DIGITAL SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Seed Ownership Through New Gene Editing Technologies 43
Vandana Shiva
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Gene Editing: Unexpected Outcomes and Risks 47
Dr. Michael Antoniou
Megadiverse Countries as Providers of Genetic
Resources & Digital Sequence Information 51
Aid Jim nez-Mart nez and Adelita San Vicente Tello
SECTION III: BIOPIRACY
Biopiracy of Climate Resilient Seeds 61
Navdanya
Biopiracy Case Studies: GMO Bananas 67
Vandana Shiva & Navdanya International
SECTION IV: GLOBAL AGRICULTURE
The Recolonization of Agriculture 79
Navdanya
A Treaty to Protect Our Agricultural Biodiversity 93
Jos Esquinas-Alcazar
Ag Tech: Bill & Melinda Gates Agricultural
Innovations in Argentina 101
Fernando Cabaleiro
SECTION V: THE THIRD ?GREEN REVOLUTION?
The Golden Rice Hoax 109
Vandana Shiva
Why We Oppose Golden Rice 115
Stop Golden Rice Network (SGRN)
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The Dystopia of the Green Revolution in Africa 121
Nicoletta Dentico
The Gates Foundation's Green Revolution Fails
Africa's Farmers 129
Timothy Wise
Seeds of Surveillance Capitalism 137
Navdanya
SECTION VI: BIOTECHNOLOGY &
GEOENGINEERING
The Problems with Lab Made Food 143
Vandana Shiva
Software To Swallow: The Intellectual Property
Model of Food 149
Seth Itzkan
Bill Gates' Climate ?Solutions?:
Funding for Geoengineering 151
Dru Jay And Silvia Ribeiro (ETC Group)
SECTION VII: GENE DRIVES & THE SIXTH
MASS EXTINCTION
Driven to Exterminate: How Bill Gates Brought
Gene Drive Extinction Technology into The World 163
Zahra Moloo And Jim Thomas (ETC Group)
Gates Foundation Hired a Public Relations Firm
to Manipulate the UN Over Gene Drives 175
Jonathan Latham
Targeting Palmer Amaranth: A Traditionally Nutritious and
Culturally Significant Crop 179
Vandana Shiva
Global Resistance to Genetic Extinction Technology 183
Navdanya
SECTION VIII: MEDIA, HEALTH, AND EDUCATION
Digital Dictators 191
Satish Kumar
The Philanthropic Monopoly of Bill & Melinda Gates 199
Nicoletta Dentico
How the Cornell Alliance Spreads Disinformation
and Discredits Agroecology 215
Community Alliance for Global Justice and Agra Watch
Bt Brinjal: Alliance for Crooked Science & Corporate Lies 219
Farida Akhter
SECTION X: AN EARTH-BASED PHILOSOPHY
A Message from Gaia 233
Navdanya
Contributors 237
Endnotes 239
Index 273