ABSTRACT
The conclusion gives a scholarly and practical legal analysis of the Treaty and its Multilateral System of access and benefit-sharing (MLS) following the commons’ philosophy for collective management of natural resources. It summarizes key conclusions on the strengths and weaknesses of the Treaty implementation process. By offering suggestions to the 145 countries currently reviewing the Treaty’s MLS in order to render it more effective (i.e. transform the MLS into a real Global Seed Commons), this work hopes to assist contracting parties in developing laws and policies that will allow them to reach the food security and sustainable agriculture overall goals of the Treaty. Finally, further research paths (inspired by Hopkins’ Transition Initiative, by the Latinamerican Decolonial Movement or by feminist epistemologies) are suggested as possible developments of the present book in addressing the pressing issues at stake in the field of food and agriculture.
