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  Booklet of CGIAR Centre policy instruments, guidelines and statements on genetic resources, biotechnology and intellectual property rights

  Bioversity International, 2001

  Collection of genetic resources biotechnology and IPR related policies produced by Future Harvest Centres and subsequently endorsed by CGIAR members, GRPC and / or the Centre Directors Committee for System-wide adoption.The first section of the booklet concerns the policies and guidelines for managing the in-trust plant genetic resources collections.
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  New enclosures: alternative mechanisms to enhance corporate monopoly and bioserfdom in the 21st century

  Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration formerly RAFI, 2001

  Intellectual property has proved a poor mechanism in corporations battle to monopolise new biotechnologies.
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  How does stronger protection of intellectual property rights affect seed supply?: early evidence of impact

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999

  Is there evidence to indicate that early benefits have, in fact, been gained by the world s main biotechnology and seed companies? What will be the consequences for developing countries? Will IPR legislation result in better varieties becoming available more quickly? Will it encourage local plant breeding or will IPR predominantly strengthen the market position of foreign seed companies?
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  Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity: The Economic Myths

  GRAIN, 1999

  Examines the economic costs and benefits of the WTO's Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs), with special regard for developing countries and their wealth of biological diversity.
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  The Socio-Economic Dynamics of Farmers' Management of Local Plant Genetic Resources: A Framework for Analysis with Examples from a Tanzanian Case

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1999

  Discusses the debate around farmers' management of local plant genetic resources. It seek to develop a theoretical framework for analysing farmers management of plant genetic resources using examples from fieldwork carried out in 1995-1997 among farmers in Tanzania with a focus on the 1994/95 growing season.
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  Agricultural biotechnology and the poor: conference proceedings

  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 1999

  Proceedings of conference held in October 1999 and convened by CGIAR and the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS)Topic of papers includeCountry studies: China, India, Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Egypt, Iran Jordan, Kenya, South Africa, ZimbabweControlling Environmental RisksMinimizing Health RisksMinimizing Social RisksEthics and Biotechnology
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  Reaching out for small-scale farmers

  Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 2000

  Themed edition of Monitor assessing aspects of biotechnology in development.
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  Review of the TRIPS agreement

  Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 1998

  Themed issue of the Monitor, with chapters submitted by various authors.
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  Time to draw the line on IPRs

  GRAIN, 2001

  Edition of Seedling, GRAIN's quarterly publication.
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  Compensating local communities for conserving biodiversity: how much, who will, how and when

  Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions, 1999

  Large number of local communities across the world have shared unhesitatingly their knowledge about local biodiversity and its different uses with outsiders including researchers, corporations, gene collectors and of course, activists. Many continue to share despite knowing that by withholding this knowledge they could receive pecuniary advantage.

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