a guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Ottawa [Ont.] :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
International Development Research Centre,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages)
GENERAL NOTES
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"Quaker International Affairs Programme."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Food, farming, and global rules / Geoff Tansey -- Turning plant varieties into intellectual property : the UPOV Convention / Graham Dutfield -- Bringing minimum intellectual property standards into agriculture : the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) / Pedro Roffe -- Promoting and extending the reach of intellectual property : the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) / Maria Julia Oliva -- Safeguarding biodiversity : the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) / Susan Bragdon, Kathryn Garforth, and John E. Haapala, Jr -- Giving priority to the commons : the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) / Michael Halewood and Kent Nnadozie -- The negotiations web : complex connections / Tasmin Rajotte -- Responding to change / Heike Baumüller and Geoff Tansey -- Postcards from international negotiations / Peter Drahos and Geoff Tansey -- Global rules, local needs / Geoff Tansey.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This practical book highlights the key issues of intellectual property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity and food security. Additionally it covers negotiations in the World Trade Organization, Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Food and Agriculture Organization and various other international bodies.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NOTE (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES)
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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MIL
Stock Number
116212
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Title
Future control of food.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Biodiversity conservation-- Law and legislation.
Food industry and trade-- Standards.
Food law and legislation.
Germplasm resources conservation-- Law and legislation.
Intellectual property (International law)
Plant varieties, Patents-- Government policy.
Produce trade-- Law and legislation.
Biodiversität
Biodiversity conservation-- Law and legislation.
Food industry and trade-- Standards.
Food law and legislation.
Germplasm resources conservation-- Law and legislation.