Muriel Lightbourne

Food Security, Biological Diversity and Intellectual Property Rights

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781138267855
• ISBN-10: 1138267856
• Artikelnr.: 48091980

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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