1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture -- 3. The uses of biological resources -- 4. Property regimes over biological resources -- 5. The international environmental regime on plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge -- 6. Farmers, indigenous and local communities and traditional knowledge -- 7. The international property rights regime -- 8. The plant protection provisions of UPOV, the TRIPS Agreement and bilateral treaties -- 9. Access and benefit sharing measures -- 10. Sui generis legislation -- 11. Disclosure of origin of genetic resources and traditional knowledge -- 12. The recognition of traditional knowledge as prior art -- 13. Conclusion
Summary
This book examines current developments in international law which regulate the uses of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, and the various property regimes which are applied to these resources by these international agreements. In the current context of the global food crisis, the development and stability of national agricultural systems is an urgent concern, particularly among developing countries. This stability, and national food security, will potentially be threatened if these countries are unable to have free access to agricultural crop plants. This book analyses a range
