Food Security, Biological Diversity and Intellectual Property Rights

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-26785-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

Reihe: Intellectual Property, Theory, Culture

This volume advances the claim that the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) adopted in 2001 is the only existing international agreement with the potential to promote food security, conservation of biodiversity and equity. However, for germplasm-rich countries, national interests come into conflict with the global interest. This work shows that the pursuit of national interests is counterproductive when it comes to maintaining genetic resources, food-security and rent-seeking and that optimally, the coverage of the FAO Treaty should be widened to apply to all crops.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lightbourne, Muriel

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Crop Improvement and the Challenge of Food Security, Conservation and Equity; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Crop Improvement: The Science, the Business and the Law; Chapter 3 Conciliating Food Security and Conservation; Chapter 4 Equity; Part II The FAO International Treaty – A Necessary One?; Chapter 5 The FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources: How Will the Multilateral System Work?; Chapter 6 Case Studies: Organization and Legal Framework of Seed Markets in China and Ethiopia; Chapter 7 The Global Community Needs the FAO Treaty;

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Muriel Lightbourne is an in-house legal counsel with INRA Angers-Nantes. She was formerly a Visiting Scholar at College of Law, University of Illinois, Champaign and previously, a Senior Research Fellow, Queen Mary College, University of London. She has published widely on aspects of plants, food and intellectual property rights.