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ABS Elements. Elements to facilitate domestic implementation of Access and Benefit-Sharing for different subsectors of genetic resources for food and agriculture
… to food security, the special nature of agricultural biodiversity, its distinctive features and problems needing … (2) animal genetic resources for food and agriculture; (3) forest genetic resources for food and agriculture; (4) … for most subsectors of GRFA, including aquatic and forest genetic resources where breeding technologies play an …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… The technological development of the inventorying and biodiversity informatics processes 209 5.1.2.2 The … is a lose-lose proposition 278 7.2.5 Losing the forest for the trees? Tropical biodiversity is a disappearing … resource contract (direct permis- sion to cut trees in the forest, and quarry stone in the mountains), or a purchase …
Explanatory guide to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… and action groups, focusing in particular on species and biodiversity conservation and the management of habitats and … tertiary gene pools somewhat fuzzy (see Maynard, C. 1996. Forest Genetics Glossary). The paragraph acknowledges that … of genetically important wild crop relatives situated in forest habitats (for exam- ple, the Mazatlan Biosphere …
The legal framework for the management of animal genetic resources
… 11 2.1.2 The issue of agricultural biodiversity within the context of the CBD … the Commission's mandate to cover all components of biodiversity relevant to food and agriculture (including … between the ministries of environment, agriculture and forest (such as The legal framework for the management of …
Plant genetic resources and food security: stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
… challenges related to the manage- ment of agricultural biodiversity. It is a major contribution for the effective … In view of preparations of the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources, the Commission establishes its Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources. At the Third Session of the …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… (2) studying technical issues raised by the disclosure of biodiversity-related information in patent applications; (3) … that technology has acquired to protect it. Over time, the biodiversity regime’s approach to intellectual property … protection of fifteen years, with the exception of vines, forest trees, fruit trees and ornamental trees, which are …