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Table of Contents:

• Food, farming, and global rules / Geoff Tansey
• Turning plant varieties into intellectual property : the UPOV Convention / Graham Dutfield
• Bringing minimum 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 Baumüller and Geoff Tansey
• Postcards from international negotiations / Peter Drahos and Geoff Tansey
• Global rules, local needs / Geoff Tansey.

Contributors:

Tansey, Geoff

Rajotte, Tasmin

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Food law and legislation

Plant varieties — Patents — Government policy

Produce trade — Law and legislation

Intellectual property (International law)

Food industry and trade — Standards

Biodiversity conservation — Law and legislation

Germplasm resources conservation

Plant varieties — Patents

Plant varieties

Government policy

Produce trade

Food industry and trade

Biodiversity conservation

General Notes:

"Quaker International Affairs Programme."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index.

Physical Description:

xxi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

K3926 .F88 2008

ISBNs:

9781844074303 (hardback)
1844074307 (hardback)
9781844074297 (pbk.)
1844074293 (pbk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2007034792

OCLC Numbers:

717860385
167504289 [Invalid]