Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Title (French): Guide explicatif du Traité International sur les Ressources Phytogénétiques pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture
Title (Spanish): Guía Explicativa del Tratado Internacional sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura
Publisher | Place of publication: IUCN | Gland, Switzerland
ISBN: 978-2-8317-0819-2(en), 978-2-8317-1059-4(sp), 978-2-8317-0984-0(fr)
Pages: 212 p.
Document type: Serial/multi-volume work
Language: English, French, Spanish, Chinese

Field of application: International
Subject: Food & nutrition, Agricultural & rural development, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword: Access right Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Crops/grasses Genetic resources Intellectual property rights/patents Biodiversity
Abstract: The entry into force of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture marks the commitment of the world community to a freestanding convention directed at addressing both global needs for food security and internationally agreed objectives regarding the concepts of ‘access and benefit-sharing found in the Convention on Biological Diversity. The sixth in a series of Guides to the implementation of particular international instruments and concepts, it seeks to promote greater understanding of the Treatys text, including some of the scientific, technical and legal issues upon which it is founded, and possible implications.
Full text: MON-073957.pdf MON-073957sp.pdf MON-073957fr.pdf
Website: www.iucn.org

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Author: Moore G., Tymowski W.

Publisher: IUCN | Gland, Switzerland | 2008

Literature | International

Keyword: Access right, Breeders' rights/farmers' rights, Crops/grasses, Genetic resources, Intellectual property rights/patents, Biodiversity

Source: IUCN (ID: MON-080971)