Regulating genetic resources
Subtitle: access and benefit sharing in international law
By: Charles Lawson
Series: Intellectual property and the environment; Intellectual property and the environment
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781781001653; 9781781001660
Subjects: Germplasm resources; Law and legislation
Description: This detailed and concise book surveys the international genetic resources laws applying in Antarctica, space, the oceans and seas, the lands, and the airspaces above land and water. The well-structured analysis traces the evolution of these various schemes and their contributions to the comprehensive arrangements under the Convention on Biological Diversity, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the World Health Organisation's PIP Framework. The book details the different avenues and concluded positions, documenting a laboratory of legal approaches and possibilities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-309) and index.