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Author:   Juliana Santilli
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ebooks
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781136580031

ISBN 10:   1136580034
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   15 March 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables. About the Author. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations. Acknowledgements. Preface 1. Agrobiodiversity: A Concept in Construction. 2. Agrobiodiversity and Food Security, Nutrition, Health, Social Equality and Environmental Sustainability. 3. Agobiodiversity and Climate Change. 4. Seed Laws: The Paradigms of Industrial Agriculture, Traditional/Local Agricultural Systems and Agrobiodiversity 5. The Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants ans the UPOV System: The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights over Plant Varieties 6. Access and Benefit-Sharing Laws and Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: The International Legal Regime 7. Options for the Implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture at the National Level: Main Issues 8. Farmers' Rights 9. Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Access and Benefit-sharing and Livestock Breeders' Rights. 10. The Open Source Software Movement, Creative Commons and Seeds: What They Have in Common 11. Agrobiodiversity and Cultural Heritage Law 12. Agrobiodiversity and Protected Areas 13. Geographical Indications for Agrobiodiversity Products? Case Studies in France, Mexico and Brazil. Conclusions. Index

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'This book is a must for all involved in the management of crop genetic resources. Santili' s clear, comprehensive and updated account of the major international developments draws on a broad foundation of previous research, illustrated with examples from around the world. Agrobiodiversity and the Law represents a central contribution to our understanding of this important topic.' - Regine Andersen, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway. 'Agrobiodiversity - our shared heritage of agricultural species and varieties, and the knowledge and practices of indigenous and traditional farming communities associated with these - is an essential component of human development and well-being, not least as regards food security and adaptation to climate change. Juliana Santilli provides us with a comprehensive overview of the increasingly complex set of international and national legal instruments designed to reverse the current loss of agrobiodiversity and reward those responsible for conserving plant genetic resources and for sharing their associated traditional knowledge. Highly recommended to policy-makers, researchers and other readers seeking an accessible and authoritative introduction to an increasingly important issue.' - Anthony Gross, Senior Felow of United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies.

Author Information

Juliana Santilli is a lawyer and public prosecutor in the Federal District of Brazil, specialized in Environmental and Cultural Heritage Law and Public Policies. She has a PhD in Environmental Law, and is an associate researcher in Environmental Law at the University of Brasilia Center for Sustainable Development. She is a co-founding member of the Brazilian civil society organization Instituto Socioambiental.

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