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Arcad General information All news ARCAD's partner publishes book on agrobiodiversity Arcad's partner publishes book on agrobiodiversity
Arcad's partner publishes book on agrobiodiversity
Juliana Santilli, a former trainee of our first International training Course on Agrobiodiversity analysis (2008), has just published the English version of her book “ Agrobiodiversity and the law. Regulating genetic resources, food security and cultural diversity”.
“This book analyzes the impact of the legal system on agrobiodiversity (or agricultural biodiversity) - the diversity of agricultural species, varieties and ecosystems. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it takes up the emerging concept of agrobiodiversity and its relationship with food security, nutrition, health, environmental sustainability and climate change. It assesses the impacts on agrobiodiversity of key legal instruments, including Seeds Laws, International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, Plant Breeders' Rights, Convention on Biological Diversity (regarding specifically its impact on agrobiodiversity), and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. It also reviews the options for the implementation of these instruments at the national level in several countries. It discusses the interfaces between the free software movement, the "commons" movement and seeds, as well as the legal instruments to protect cultural heritage and their application to safeguard agrobiodiversity-rich systems. Finally, it analyzes the role of protected areas and the possibility of using geographical indications to enhance the value of agrobiodiversity products and processes.” (from the back cover of the book)
Juliana Santilli (1st from the left) with the other ladies (trainers and trainees) attending the 2nd international Agrobiodiversity training course in Morocco in 2010. (Picture JL Pham)
Juliana is a lawyer and public prosecutor in the Federal District of Brazil, specialized in Environmental and Cultural Heritage Law and Public Policies. There are not many lawyers who have been exposed to population genetics concepts; thanks to the Agrobiodiversity course, Juliana is one of them ! We are fortunate that Juliana remains connected to our group, as she attended the second edition of the Agrobiodiversity course in Morocco, no longer as a trainee but as a trainer on the political issues in PGR conservation.
The publication of her book is a wonderful achievement. We warmly congratulate Juliana !