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Jan. 21, 2008. QIAP launches book The Future Control of Food
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Jan. 21, 2008 the Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP) launched
the book The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International
Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food
Security produced by the QIAP and the International Development
Research Centre (IDRC) at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity Meetings
in Geneva. The decision to produce this book was a response to concerns
negotiators in various multilateral negotiations raised about the need
for such a guide as well as an observation that negotiators or groups
working in one area were often unaware, and sometime undermining, what
was happening elsewhere that we encountered in the Quaker programme of
work in this area.
The 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 the responses of civil society groups to the changing global
rules, how these changes affect the direction of research and development,
the nature of global negotiation processes and various alternative futures.
The book is published by Earthscan and can be purchased through
:
• Earthscan in the UK. For 20% discount download this pdf
• UBC Press in Canada. For 20% discount download this pdf
The book is also free online in HTML and XML formats on IDRC's website - click on "READ ONLINE" or the "DOWNLOAD BOOK" button.
Book
Launch Events
March 3, 2008
13:00-15:00
The Munk Centre, University of Toronto, Canada
A
seminar and book launch of The Future Control of Food
Co-sponsored by Development Seminar, Masters in International Relations,
Toronto Food Policy Council, and Ryerson Centre for the Studies in Food
Security.
For details contact cis.general@utoronto.ca
March 6, 2008
13:00-15:00
IDRC, 8 th floor, Room W. David Hopper “C”, 150 Kent Street, Ottawa, Canada
A dialgoue and book launch of The Future Control of Food
Organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Seats are limited. RSVP by March 3 at ips@idrc.ca
Click here for book launch events in the UK
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