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Intellectual property rights regime necessary for traditional livestock raisers
Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor - Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide, 2001This article discusses the need to recognize the intellectual property rights (IPRs) of pastoralists and other traditional domestic animal raisers in the light of the growing interest in making use of the genetic traits of indigenous livestock breeds.The article laments the growing extinction of local breeds.DocumentIn between biodiversity conservation and Intellectual Property Rights: an analysis of the economic motives of TRIPs and the implementation of sui generis systems
Genetic Engineering & Intellectual Property Rights Resource Center, 2000Paper disputes the assumption that access to genetic resources, foreign investment and technology transfer will in turn benefit developing countries, stimulate their participation in the world market and facilitate their development.Conclusions:implementation costs of TRIPs in developing countries are very high compared to the benefitsTRIPs disregards the moral values in deveDocumentIntellectual property rights: ultimate control of agricultural R&D in Asia
Genetic Engineering & Intellectual Property Rights Resource Center, 2001Discusses the pressure on Asian countries to adopt plant variety protection (PVP) systems based on Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants UPOV.DocumentReaching out for small-scale farmers
Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 2000Themed edition of Monitor assessing aspects of biotechnology in development.DocumentBiodiversity for sale: dismantling the hype about benefit sharing
GRAIN, 2000This briefing questions whether the world’s primary custodians of biodiversity, local communities and indigenous people, are getting a fair deal. It looks at the implications of the move towards ‘biotrade’ and discusses the validity of intellectual property rights as benefit sharing tools, or as tools to protect indigenous knowledge.DocumentMeanings of sustainable agriculture: some issues for the South
South Centre, 2000This publication explores the various dimensions of sustainable agriculture from the perspective of developing countries.DocumentReview of the TRIPS agreement
Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 1998Themed issue of the Monitor, with chapters submitted by various authors.DocumentThe use of proprietary biotechnology research inputs at selected Latin American NAROs
International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2000The main purpose of this Briefing Paper is to provide an assessment of the use of proprietary biotechnology inputs in the agricultural research systems of selected Latin American countries: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico.