The sustainability of plants and plant intellectual property rights

"In a topical, novel and systematic fashion, this exciting new book analyzes the way that intellectual property law, environmental law and agricultural law affect the sustainability of plants. Specifically, the book explores the way that these competing areas of law impact on the way that plant genetic resources are accessed and used, in particular as regards the access and benefit-sharing regimes established under the Convention on Biological Diversity. The book not only explains the position of plant genetic resources within the complex regulatory framework that has taken shape over the last twenty or so years, it also identifies the problems that arise because of the fact that plant genetic resources may originate in one country but physically be available elsewhere. One of the strengths of this book is that it develops novel and workable solutions to deal with these transnational problems. This book will be of interest to policy-makers, researchers, lawyers, and international organizations who work in the fields of intellectual property rights, environmental law, biodiversity, and agricultural law"--Page 4 of cover.