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Practical Relevance of the FAO Treaty

The scope of application of the Treaty is very limited: in accordance with Article 11.2., only those genetic resources listed in Annex I - i.e. 34 food crops (e.g. apple, banana, rice, beans) and 29 forage plants - that are "under the management and control of the Contracting Parties", or that are common property, fall within the regulations of the Treaty.

FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (2004). [28.Mai 2008]. Online Version

For additional information on the problems of the FAO treaty see:

Spranger, Tade (2008): Biodiversität und ihre Veränderung im Rahmen des Globalen Umweltwandels: Rechtliche Aspekte. (Biodiversity and its change in the context of global environmental change: legal aspects.) In: Lanzerath, Dirk / Mutke, Jens / Barthlott, Wilhelm / Baumgärtner, Stefan / Becker, Christian / Spranger, Tade M. (2008): Biodiversität. (Biodiversity.) Ethik in den Biowissenschaften - Sachstandsberichte des DRZE, Bd.5. (Series: Ethics in the life sciences - DRZE expert reports, vol. 5.) Freiburg i.B.: Alber, p. 127 et seq.