Seeding Solutions Volume 2 discusses legal mechanisms to address three key issues: (1) the need to conserve and exchange germ plasm for the benefit of present and future generations; (2) the need to encourage innovation in the conservation and enhancement of germ plasm; 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.
Author(s): Crucible II Group
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 300
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 14
List of viewpoint boxes......Page 17
Topic 1: Options for national laws to regulate access to biological resources......Page 18
Section 1: Introduction......Page 20
Section 2: Options for national access laws......Page 22
Topic 2: Options for national laws to protect indigenous and local knowledge regarding biological resources......Page 50
Section 1: Introduction......Page 52
Section 2: Survey of national policy options to treat indigenous and local knowledge regarding biological resources......Page 60
Section 3: Options for sui generis intellectual property laws for indigenous and local knowledge regarding biological resources......Page 76
Topic 3: Options for national laws regarding biological innovations......Page 142
Section 1: Survey of domestic policies to promote biological innovations......Page 144
Section 2: Options for sui generis intellectual property laws for plant varieties......Page 150
Section 3: Options for intellectual property laws for biotechnological innovations......Page 200
Appendix: Background issues related to the legislative options......Page 244
Abbreviations......Page 254
Notes......Page 256
