Die völkerrechtlichen Regelungen über den Zugang zu genetischen Ressourcen

For decades, those states which are rich in resources have been complaining about so called »biopiracy,« meaning that scientists export plants without permission and patent parts of them without giving the country of origin fair compensation. Tobias Lochen examines the access regulations of the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. He provides a survey of regional access regulations and the access to genetic resources in the Antarctic and the oceans of the world and analyzes those regulations pertaining to intellectual property which are significant for the granting of access, in particular the TRIPS Agreement and the UPOV Convention as well as the corresponding regulations on the European level and in American law.