Over the last decades, increasing loss of genetic diversity in livestock farming has led the EU institutions to focus on improving the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of animal genetic resources. Legislation on geographical indications (GIs), among other things, has become a tool through which to integrate biodiversity preservation with the objectives pursued by the Common Agricultural Policy. Indeed, by relying on the relations among the product, the territory and its history, protection of GIs is supposed to help maintain a genetic pool of rustic domesticated species, thus contributing to prevent genetic erosion.
Protecting Farm Animal Biodiversity through Geographical Indications: A Legal Analysis
Leone, Luca;Cristallo, Domenico
2023-01-01
Abstract
Over the last decades, increasing loss of genetic diversity in livestock farming has led the EU institutions to focus on improving the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of animal genetic resources. Legislation on geographical indications (GIs), among other things, has become a tool through which to integrate biodiversity preservation with the objectives pursued by the Common Agricultural Policy. Indeed, by relying on the relations among the product, the territory and its history, protection of GIs is supposed to help maintain a genetic pool of rustic domesticated species, thus contributing to prevent genetic erosion.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
