Biobanking in forestry practices: towards an agency policy?
The conservation-management of living beings is not only an issue in medicine. Based on a collaboration between a sociologist and a geneticist, this paper aims to document the banking practices in the sector of forest genetic resources, which raises specific questions. Drawing on a fieldwork investi...
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| description | The conservation-management of living beings is not only an issue in medicine. Based on a collaboration between a sociologist and a geneticist, this paper aims to document the banking practices in the sector of forest genetic resources, which raises specific questions. Drawing on a fieldwork investigation we further explore the various possibilities that biobanking in forestry conceal in terms of diversity of banked entities and banking practices. We argue that there is a consistent heterogeneity of entities and practices, which reflects the distribution of the agency conferred to the involved entities. This heterogeneity is related to the awareness of uncertainties, which change the relative importance of the different modes of agency in biobanking. Beyond seldom recognition of the diversity of modes of agency, we conclude by claiming for the need of a consistent agency policy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d5fc461cd034aa38516ce2c801a1f212023-09-19T15:22:17ZengTaylor & Francis GroupNew Genetics and Society1463-67781469-99152018-10-0137441143410.1080/14636778.2018.15482701548270Biobanking in forestry practices: towards an agency policy?Fabien Milanovic0François Lefèvre1Sup’BiotechINRA, URFM Ecologie des Forêts MéditerranéennesThe conservation-management of living beings is not only an issue in medicine. Based on a collaboration between a sociologist and a geneticist, this paper aims to document the banking practices in the sector of forest genetic resources, which raises specific questions. Drawing on a fieldwork investigation we further explore the various possibilities that biobanking in forestry conceal in terms of diversity of banked entities and banking practices. We argue that there is a consistent heterogeneity of entities and practices, which reflects the distribution of the agency conferred to the involved entities. This heterogeneity is related to the awareness of uncertainties, which change the relative importance of the different modes of agency in biobanking. Beyond seldom recognition of the diversity of modes of agency, we conclude by claiming for the need of a consistent agency policy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2018.1548270biobankingforest genetic resourcesagencyin situex situconservation |
| spellingShingle | Fabien Milanovic François Lefèvre Biobanking in forestry practices: towards an agency policy? New Genetics and Society biobanking forest genetic resources agency in situ ex situ conservation |
| title | Biobanking in forestry practices: towards an agency policy? |
| title_full | Biobanking in forestry practices: towards an agency policy? |
| title_fullStr | Biobanking in forestry practices: towards an agency policy? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biobanking in forestry practices: towards an agency policy? |
| title_short | Biobanking in forestry practices: towards an agency policy? |
| title_sort | biobanking in forestry practices towards an agency policy |
| topic | biobanking forest genetic resources agency in situ ex situ conservation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2018.1548270 |
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