Action Aid Food Rights Campaign: TRIPs review «
http://www.actionaid.org.uk/100225/trips.html | | Resources related to action aid's campaign on genetic resources with links to papers on iprs , trips , gm crops , agricultural trade and corporate control. |
Alternative Mechanisms to Enhance Corporate Monopoly and BioSerfdom in the 21st Century «
http://www.etcgroup.org/upload/publication/230/01/newenclosuresfinal.pdf | | Etc group communiqué on the uncertainties surrounding intellectual property rights , which , being increasingly unacceptable to industry , is why new tools for monopoly control of biological and other resources are being developed. |
Blogging Biodiversity «
http://kathryn.garforthmitchell.net/ | | A useful personal blog on international negotiations on biodiversity issues. |
Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) «
http://www.iprcommission.org/ | | Uk government ipr commission's website containing background , papers , conference reports and uk government response. commission's report: " integrating iprs and development policy" available in many languages. |
Comparing sui generis rights systems «
http://www.biotech-monitor.nl/index36.htm | | Theme issue of biotechnology and development monitor journal on plant variety rights and sui generis systems. journal covers all aspects of iprs , seed systems and biotechnology. links through home page of journal. |
Intellectual Property and Community Rights in African Agriculture: Implications for Small Farmers «
http://www.grain.org/briefings/?id=3 | | Authoritative introduction to these issues by genetic resources action international (grain) concerning african countries that are being forced to choose between two conflicting paths for agricultural research and development (r& d): one rooted in the |
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture «
http://www.ukabc.org/iu2.htm | | Ukabc portal on the it pgrfa (international seed treaty) that governs the access , use , conservation and development of the genetic resources of food security crop and forage species. treaty outlaws iprs on selected pgrfa. links to all official fao , media |
People, Plants and Patents «
http://web.idrc.ca/en/ev-9317-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html | | Full text of 1994 book on the impact of intellectual property on trade , agricultural biodiversity , and rural society by the crucible group , hosted by idrc. |
Porto Alegre Treaty to Share the Global Commons «
http://www.ukabc.org/genetic_commons_treaty.htm | | Full text and background of proposed treaty designed to ensure that governments and indigenous peoples , who are the caretakers of their part of the genetic commons , establish the appropriate statutory mechanisms needed to ensure both sovereignty and open |
Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) «
http://www.quno.org/economicissues/intellectual-property/default.htm | | Site contains all quno publications on trade and intellectual property , including aspects related to: food , sui generis systems , biotechnology , pharmaceuticals , traditional knowledge |
Seeding Solutions «
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-9424-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html | | Full text and publication details of volume 1 (ownership , conservation and exchange of genetic resources) and volume 2 (legal mechanisms) which update people , plants and patents. published by the crucible group/idrc in 2000. |
Small-scale Producers' Intellectual Rights to Agricultural Biodiversity «
http://www.ukabc.org/ipr2.htm | | Introduction to the issues in a kenyan context , with an emphasis on farmers , pastoralists and fisherfolk , and the need for protocols on intellectual property. includes via campesina's statement on farmers' rights. |
The True Cost of Gene Patents: The Economic and Social Consequences of Patenting Genes and Living Organisms «
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/ge/archives/1Study_True_Costs_Gene_Patents.pdf | | This greenpeace report is one in a series that call for a substantial restriction of , or a complete end to , the patenting of genes and living organisms(2004) |
Trade, Intellectual Property, Food and Biodiversity «
http://www.quno.org/geneva/pdf/economic/Discussion/Trade-IP-Food-Biodiversity-English.pdf | | Discussion paper prepared for the quaker united nations office (quno) on key issues and options for the review of article 27. 3(b) of the wto/trips agreement. includes discussion of impacts on food security and agricultural biodiversity. |
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Prior Art Database (TEK*PAD) «
http://ip.aaas.org/tekpad | | An online , searchable archive of public domain documented traditional ecological knowledge concerning indigenous knowledge and plant species uses necessary to establish prior art. |
