Title

The International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources for Food And Agriculture: Will the Paper be Worth the Trees?

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

January 2004

Publication Details

This book chapted was originally published as Rose, GL,The International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources for Food And Agriculture: Will the Paper be Worth the Trees?, in Stoianoff, N (ed), Accessing Biological Resources: Complying with the Convention on Biological Diversity, Kluwer, London, 2004, 55-90. Original book available here.

Abstract

The workability of a new treaty on plant genetic resources, adopted in 2002, is analysed. The pre-existing international legal regime that influenced its development and the treaty's place within that regime is considered.