Food security and access and benefit sharing laws relating to genetic resources: Promoting synergies in national and international governance

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-116

  Nijar, Gurdial Singh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity Law   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Developing countries; Food security; Genetic resources for food and agriculture; Regulating access and benefit sharing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SECURITY; GENETIC RESOURCE; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; NATIONAL POLITICS;

EID: 79955464176     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-010-9131-9     Document Type: Article

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