03846nam 2200733Ia 450 991082468280332120200520144314.01-280-84968-197866108496801-55250-308-9(CKB)1000000000344067(EBL)3248137(OCoLC)923767077(SSID)ssj0000282754(PQKBManifestationID)11211980(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282754(PQKBWorkID)10323807(PQKB)11366061(CaPaEBR)405991(CaBNvSL)slc00207839 (Au-PeEL)EBL295155(CaPaEBR)ebr10176412(CaONFJC)MIL84968(OCoLC)191819949(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/jqvqb6(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/405991(MiAaPQ)EBC295155(MiAaPQ)EBC3248137(EXLCZ)99100000000034406719940628d1994 ua 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPeople, plants and patents the impact of intellectual property on biodiversity, conservation, trade, and rural society /the Crucible GroupOttawa International Development Research Centrec19941 online resource (142 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-88936-725-6 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; The Policy Environment; Nurturing Diversity; Diversifying Innovation; Divining the Trade Options; 1. Policy; The Growing Importance of Plant Biodiversity; The Changing Role of Intellectual Property; The Place of Innovation; The Human Context; Different Viewpoints; 2. Plants; Plant Genetic Erosion; National Conservation Strategies; International Strategies; The Convention on Biological Diversity; Different Viewpoints; 3. People; Community Innovation; National (Public and Private) Innovation; 4. Patents; GATT and Agricultural BiodiversityThe Patent OptionThe UPOV Option; Sui Generis Possibilities; The Special Case of International Centres; Different Viewpoints; Appendices; 1. A Brief Chronology of the Patent Debate in the North; 2. The Biodiversity Convention; 3. TRIPS - Trade-Related IP; 4. National-International Seed Enterprises: Perspective from the Private Sector; 5. Comparison of Main Provisions of PBR under UPOV 1978 and 1991, and Patent Law; 6. Patents on Plants; 7. Trade Secrets and Material Transfer Agreements; Glossary; Acronyms; BibliographyThe recent GATT agreement and the Biodiversity Convention have moved intellectual property rights to the centre of South-North relations. Decisions about intellectual property, particularly for plant life,have major implications for food security, agriculture, rural development,and the environment for every country in the South and the North. For the South, in particular, the impact of intellectual property on farmers, rural societies, and biological diversity will be profoundly important.Germplasm resources, PlantPlant varietiesProtectionPlants, CultivatedPatentsBiodiversity conservationPatentsGermplasm resources, Plant.Plant varietiesProtection.Plants, CultivatedBiodiversity conservation.Patents.333.95/316Crucible Group.International Development Research Centre (Canada)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824682803321People, plants and patents3982571UNINA