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Options for national laws governing control over genetic resources and biological innovations [electronic resource] / the Crucible II Group.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Crucible II Group.
- Series:
- Seeding solutions ; v.2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germplasm resources, Plant.
- Plant varieties--Protection.
- Plant varieties.
- Plants, Cultivated--Patents.
- Plants, Cultivated.
- Plant varieties--Patents.
- Intellectual property.
- Biodiversity conservation.
- Patents.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Volume 2 discusses legal mechanisms to address three key issues: (1) the need to conserve and exchange germplasm for the benefit of present and future generations; (2) the need to encourage innovation in the conservation and enhancement of germplasm; and (3) new options for securing and strengthening the rights and interests of indigenous and rural peoples in their role as creators and conservers of biological diversity.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; List of viewpoint boxes; Topic 1: Options for national laws to regulate access to biological resources; Section 1: Introduction; Section 2: Options for national access laws; Topic 2: Options for national laws to protect indigenous and local knowledge regarding biological resources; Section 1: Introduction; Section 2: Survey of national policy options to treat indigenous and local knowledge regarding biological resources
- Section 3: Options for sui generis intellectual property laws for indigenous and local knowledge regarding biological resourcesTopic 3: Options for national laws regarding biological innovations; Section 1: Survey of domestic policies to promote biological innovations; Section 2: Options for sui generis intellectual property laws for plant varieties; Section 3: Options for intellectual property laws for biotechnological innovations; Appendix: Background issues related to the legislative options; Abbreviations; Notes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Co-published by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-74452-9
- 9786610744527
- 1-55250-105-1
- OCLC:
- 923765301
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