The future control of food a guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security

The future control of food a guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tansey, Geoff, Rajotte, Tasmin
Resource Type: Book
Language:English
Published: London Ottawa [Ont.] Earthscan 2008.
Subjects:
Food law and legislation.
Plant varieties > Government policy. > Patents.
Produce trade > Law and legislation.
Intellectual property (International law)
Food industry and trade > Standards.
Biodiversity conservation > Law and legislation.
Genetic resources conservation > Law and legislation.
Table of Contents:
  • Food, farming, and global rules / Geoff Tansey
  • Turning plant varieties into intellectual property : the UPOV Convention / Graham Dutfield
  • Bringing minimum global 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 Baumuller and Geoff Tansey
  • Postcards from international negotiations / Peter Drahos and Geoff Tansey
  • Global rules, local needs / Geoff Tansey.