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Date:    Mon, 31 May 1993 16:41:45 +1000
From:    Joe Vogel <vogel@DEAKIN.EDU.AU>
Subject: lecture tour

Dear Subscribers,

The institute where I work, Centre for International Research on
Communication and Information Technologies (CIRCIT, Melbourne, Australia)
is sponsoring a lecture tour of my book "Genes for Sale: Privatisation as a
Conservation Policy" (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994). I am
looking for venues at American universities for the fall semester 1993.
CIRCIT is not charging any speaking fees but asks universities to furnish
accommodation/lodging if possible. Normally, I speak for about  1 hour and
entertain questions for another half hour. The presentation includes
transparencies and slides and has been well received by academic audiences
in London, Australia, the U.S., Venezuela, and Brazil.

The book advocates the creation of intellectual property rights over
biodiversity as a means to enhance preservation through the alignment of
incentives. It elaborates both theoretical and institutional considerations
to a broad audience in a lively English thereby recognising the role of
rhetoric in the policy advocated.

The desktop version of the book has already earned critical praise from
Norman Myers (author of The Sinking Ark)"Dr. Vogel's book throws much
welcome light on this complex of issues. Read it, whether for your
professional interest (lots of it) or for your personal benefit (ultra-lots
of it); Jeff McNeely (chief officer of the IUCN, Gland Switzerland)
comments "An original, highly thought-provoking contribution to the
conservation debate...Packed with provocative ideas and view which are
contrary to mainstream thinking. This originality makes it all the more
valuable in a time of `politically correct' thinking";  and Helen Caldicott
(founder of the IPPNW which won the Nobel Peace Prize 1985) finds the book
"provocative...an intelligent and asymmetrical approach".

The Oxford edition of the book is still in press however a courtesy copy of
the desktop version will be mailed to parties interested in hosting the
lecture. Please respond by e-mail or to the fax number below; if demand
outstrips supply, early replies will be given strong preference.


Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,


Joseph H. Vogel, PhD
Research Fellow,
CIRCIT
4 Riverside Quay
South Melbourne VIC 3205 Australia
telefax 61 3 616 8800

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      Una Smith      Department of Biology       smith-una@yale.edu
                     Yale University
                     New Haven, CT  06511