Seed Wars: Controversies and Cases on Plant Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property
August 15, 2008| |
The book Seed Wars is a comprehensive overview of the current domestic and international legal controversies regarding intellectual property protections for plant genetic resources (PGRs) over the past three decades: (1) the rise of intellectual property protections for plant varieties and the enclosure of the “genetic” commons; (2) the subsequent move of the agro-chemical industry from manufacturing fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides to “manufacturing” seeds in the context of industrial agriculture; and (3) the emergence of overlapping regimes of domestic and multilateral treaties such as the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS, 1994), the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD, 1992) and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (ITPGR, 2004) from the 1990s on. Complimentary copies are available for teaching professors and orders can be placed at: http://www.cap-press.com/books/1431
| |
Biotech Updates is a weekly newsletter of ISAAA, a not-for-profit organization. It is distributed for free to over 22,000 subscribers worldwide to inform them about the key developments in biosciences, especially in biotechnology. Your support will help us in our mission to feed the world with knowledge. You can help by donating as little as $10.
-
See more articles:
-
News from Around the World
- Conservation and Management of Pollinators Project
- Scientists React to Prince Charles' Comments on GM Crops
- WARDA Signs MoU with French Research Organizations
- QPM Boosts Growth of Children in Rural Ethiopia
- Field-Evolved Resistance to Transgenic Crops
- Trends in Pesticide Use in Transgenic Crops
- Biotechnology Providing Solutions for Growing Crop Demands
- Chili Peppers Evolved Heat to Kill Fungi
- Making Old, Nonviable Seeds Talk
- Pathogen Responsible for Psyllid Yellow Discovered
- New Peas Resist Fungal Foe
- India's DBT and ICRISAT to Set up Ag-biotech Research Facility
- DPI Victoria Applies for GM White Clover Release
- South Asian Women Farmers Should Reap Benefits of Agriculture
- Australia Increases Support for Food Security in Indonesia
- CSIRO to Help Stop Rust Resistance in Wheat
- Biotechnology, a Key to Agricultural Development
- Scientists Identify New Plant Hormone
- Bt Maize Poses Negligible Risk to Green Lacewing Adults
-
Research Highlights
- Transgenic Tobacco Producing ‘Anti-Emphysema’ Protein
- Rice Harboring Four O’clock Flower Gene Resists Blast Fungus Attack
-
Announcements
- International Conference on Diversifying Crop Protection
- Climate Change on Sustainable Agriculture in ACP Countries
- Seed Wars: Controversies and Cases on Plant Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property
- African Science Communication Conference
- Bioscience Entrepreneurship Book
- Tree Biotechnology in Africa Video Released
-
Read the latest: - Biotech Updates (April 30, 2025)
- Gene Editing Supplement (April 30, 2025)
- Gene Drive Supplement (February 22, 2023)
-
Subscribe to BU: - Share
- Tweet