Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP)2008-02-222008-02-222008978-1-55250-397-3http://hdl.handle.net/10625/35059Co-published with EarthscanSpanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Control futuro de los alimentos : guía de las negociaciones y reglas internacionales sobre la propiedad intelectual, la biodiversidad y la seguridad alimentariaChinese version available in IDRC Digital LibraryThis book is the first wide-ranging guide to the key issues of intellectual property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity, and food security. Proceeding from an introduction and overview of the issues, comprehensive chapters cover negotiations and instruments in the World Trade Organization, Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Food and Agriculture Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, and various other international bodies. The final part discusses civil society responses to relevant changes and developments in these issues, how they affect the direction of research and development, the nature of global negotiation processes and various alternative futures.Text1 digital file (266 p. : ill.)application/pdfenFOOD SECURITYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYGENETICSBIODIVERSITYINTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONSFAOWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONCONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYWORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATIONWIPOTRIPSINTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTSINTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTUREUPOVIDRC Book