Research Catalog

Title

Conservation policies for agricultural biodiversity : a comparative study of laws and policies / Lekha Laxman, Abdul Haseeb Ansari.

Author

Laxman, Lekha

Publication

• Cambridge, MA, United States ; Kidlington, United Kingdom: Elsevier ; Woodhead Publishing, [2023]
• ©2023

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Additional Authors

Ansari, Abdul Haseeb

Description

vi, 391 pages; 28 cm

Summary

"This book focuses on the challenge of securing the ecological future of the planet and its inhabitants by exploring the Convention of Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing and WTO laws, such as SPSS, TBT GATT. This book demonstrates how the urgent problem of biodiversity loss can be addressed by challenging notions of national self-interest and security for the purpose of implementing policies that will benefit humanity and ensure the future of our planet"--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Convention on Biological Diversity (1992 June 5)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (1992 June 5). (2000 January 29)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (1992 June 5). (2010 October 29)
• Agrobiodiversity conservation > Law and legislation
• Biodiversity conservation > Law and legislation
• Agricultural conservation > Law and legislation
• Agricultural ecology > Law and legislation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The conservation of earth's biodiversity : where are we now? -- The impact of modern agricultural biotechnology on biodiversity -- Safeguarding agricultural biodiversity : the role of precautionary principle and Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety -- Negotiating the safe use of biotechnology to conserve agrobiodiversity : issues and challenges impacting universal sustainability -- International regulations impacting trade in GMOs [genetically modified organisms] : reconciling the Biosafety Protocol with the WTO regime -- The Convention of Biological Diversity, Nagoya Protocol and TRIPS : pathways to harmonize rules on plant genetic resources -- Safeguarding agrobiodiversity, farmers' rights, and food security -- Environmental governance and biodiversity conservation in the ASEAN [Association of South East Asian Nations] region -- Exploring biodiversity conservation through the reinventing of religion -- Conservation of global biodiversity : the way forward.

ISBN

• 9780128214411
• 0128214414
• 9780128214589 (electronic book) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 1144107480
• SCSB-14693102

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library