Agricultural Biodiversity 89
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 18
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 Action Aid Food Rights Campaign: TRIPs reviewAction Aid Food Rights Campaign: TRIPs review
 Resources related to Action Aid's campaign on genetic resources with links to papers on IPRs, TRIPs, GM crops, agricultural trade and corporate control.
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Blogging BiodiversityBlogging Biodiversity
 A useful personal weblog on international negotiations on biodiversity issues.
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Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR)Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR)
 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.
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Comparing sui generis rights systemsComparing sui generis rights systems
 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.
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Intellectual Property and Community Rights in African Agriculture: Implications for Small FarmersIntellectual Property and Community Rights in African Agriculture: Implications for Small Farmers
 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: one rooted in the knowledge and practices of its farmers and agricultural biodiversity or one dependent on the products of Northern corporations.
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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and AgricultureInternational Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
 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 and CSO resources on the Treaty.
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People, Plants and PatentsPeople, Plants and Patents
 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.
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Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
 QUNO publications on Trade and Intellectual Property, including aspects related to: Food, Sui Generis systems, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Traditional Knowledge
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Seeding SolutionsSeeding Solutions
 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.
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Small-scale Producers' Intellectual Rights to Agricultural BiodiversitySmall-scale Producers' Intellectual Rights to Agricultural Biodiversity
 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.
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Syngenta Foundation For Sustainable AgricultureSyngenta Foundation For Sustainable Agriculture
 Explanatory information and links on Intellectual Property Rights in the context of the need to conserve and use of plant genetic diversity for improving productivity in agriculture and sustaining human existence and well being. The foundation is funded by the parent company - Syngenta.
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Trade, Intellectual Property, Food and BiodiversityTrade, Intellectual Property, Food and Biodiversity
 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. [PDF]
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Prior Art Database (TEK*PAD)Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Prior Art Database (TEK*PAD)
 An online, searchable archive of public domain documented uses of traditional ecological knowledge concerning indigenous knowledge and plant species, necessary to establish prior art. Includes taxonomic data, ethnobotanical uses, scientific/medical papers, and patent applications.
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TRIPs, Biodiversity and Commonwealth CountriesTRIPs, Biodiversity and Commonwealth Countries
 Discussion paper prepared for the Commonwealth Secretariat on capacity building priorities for the Review of TRIPs Article 27.3(b). Extensive links to related papers and sites.
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TRIPs, Sui Generis and Plant Variety ProtectionTRIPs, Sui Generis and Plant Variety Protection
 Third World Network's pages on IP issues. Extensive and historical coverage of the issues from an authoritative developing country perspective.
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UPOV - International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of PlantsUPOV - International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
 Website of the institution that governs this 65 nation Convention on Plant Variety Protection (PVP) of crops and flowers. Details of the Convention, membership, conduct, implementation.
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WIPO: Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and FolkloreWIPO: Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore
 World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) pages on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources with links to Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore. Includes coverage of the intergovernmental committee covering all three issues.
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World Patent SystemWorld Patent System
 Review by GRAIN of moves by the World Intellectual Property Organisation to implement a single global system for approval and administration of patents.
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WorldTrade Organisation - TRIPs / Patents pagesWorldTrade Organisation - TRIPs / Patents pages
 WTO's pages on the Agreement on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights (TRIPs), highlighting the patents clauses which include genetic resources patents. Links to all other aspects of trade and intellectual property.
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The True Cost of Gene Patents: The Economic and Social Consequences of Patenting Genes and Living OrganismsThe True Cost of Gene Patents: The Economic and Social Consequences of Patenting Genes and Living Organisms
 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) [PDF] (March, 2004)
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Porto Alegre Treaty to Share the Global CommonsPorto Alegre Treaty to Share the Global Commons
 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 access to the world's genetic diversity. (February 2, 2002)
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Alternative Mechanisms to Enhance Corporate Monopoly and BioSerfdom in the 21st CenturyAlternative Mechanisms to Enhance Corporate Monopoly and BioSerfdom in the 21st Century
 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. [PDF] (2001)
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