Crop genetic resources as a global commons : challenges in international law and governance / / edited by Michael Halewood, Isabel Lopez Noriega and Selim Louafi

• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2012]; ©2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 399 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 343.07/61523
• Soggetto topico: Germplasm resources, Plant - Law and legislation; Crops - Germplasm resources; Plant diversity conservation - Law and legislation
• Persona (resp. second.): NoriegaIsabel Lopez; HalewoodMichael; LouafiSelim
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Setting the scene : countries' interdependence on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and the imperative of international cooperation -- pt. II. The history and design of the International Treaty's multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing -- pt. III. Critical reflections.
• Sommario/riassunto: Farmers have engaged in collective systems of conservation and innovation – improving crops and sharing their reproductive materials – since the earliest plant domestications. Relatively open flows of plant germplasm attended the early spread of agriculture; they continued in the wake of (and were driven by) imperialism, colonization, emigration, trade, development assistance and climate change. As crops have moved around the world, and agricultural innovation and production systems have expanded, so too has the scope and coverage of pools of shared plant genetic resources that support those systems. The range of actors involved in their conservation and use has also increased dramatically. This book addresses how the collective pooling and management of shared plant genetic resources for food and agriculture can be supported through laws regulating access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits arising from their use. Since the most important recent development in the field has been the creation of the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, many of the chapters in this book will focus on the architecture and functioning of that system. The book analyzes tensions that are threatening to undermine the potential of access and benefit-sharing laws to support the collective pooling of plant genetic resources, and identifies opportunities to address those tensions in ways that could increase the scope, utility and sustainability of the global crop commons.
• Titolo autorizzato: Crop genetic resources as a global commons
• ISBN: 1-136-52948-9; 1-84977-681-4; 1-283-86258-1; 1-136-52949-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812899703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Issues in agricultural biodiversity.