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    Why biotech patents are patently absurd: scientific briefing on TRIPs and related issues

    Institute of Science in Society, UK, 2001
    This scientific briefing explains why the patenting of life-forms and living processes (as covered under Article 27.3(b) of TRIPs) should be revoked and banned.Concludes that all biotech patents should be rejected on the following grounds:all involve biological processes not under the direct control of the scientist.
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    Intellectual property protection: who needs it?

    Genetic Engineering & Intellectual Property Rights Resource Center, 2001
    Addresses some of the arguments against IPR and indicates how strengthening intellectual property rights will enable farmers throughout the world to receive the latest developments in crop production.Conclusions:enforceable and strong IPRs are essential to encourage the transfer of the latest technologies to developing countries, and for stimulating research in these same new tec
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    TRIPS versus biodiversity: what to do with the 1999 review of Article 27.3(b)

    GRAIN, 1999
    This paper summarises GRAIN’s view of what should be done with TRIPS Article 27.3(b) during its 1999 Review.
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    People, plants, and patents: the impact of intellectual property on trade, plant biodiversity, and rural society

    International Development Research Centre, 1994
    The purpose of this book is to identify key IPR issues and choices and to describe the broader context within which decisions are being made.
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    The sustainable development effects of the WTO TRIPS Agreement: a focus on developing countries

    Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1996
    Examines the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and tries to analyse those areas in which the Agreement will impact, either positively or negatively, on sustainable development in developing countries such as Pakistan.
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    Trade, intellectual property, food and biodiversity: key issues and options for the 1999 review of Article 27.3(b)of the TRIPS Agreement

    Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project, MSU, 1999
    This discussion paper reviews the complexities and uncertainties surrounding the impact of the current multilateral Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regime, on plants and animals, on plant variety protection systems, and on food security and agricultural biodiversity.
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    Options for the implementation of farmers' rights at the national level

    South Centre, 2000
    One of the main objectives of Farmers' Rights is to allow farmers, their communities, and countries in all regions, fully to participate in the benefits derived, at present and in the future, from the improved use of Plant Genetic Resources, through plant breeding and other scientific methods.
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    Farmers and seed

    Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 2001
    The theme of this Monitor issue is the involvement of farmers in seed production and development. Chapters are written by various experts.While Joshi examines the weakness of formal seed systems, he also highlights how formal systems can complement breeding efforts of farmers. However, Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) is still relatively new and many things remain to be explored.
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    Proprietary biotechnology inputs and international agricultural research

    International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1998
    This Briefing Paper presents the most important findings and lessons of a study into the magnitude of, and procedures for, the use of inputs protected by IPR at selected international agricultural research centers (IARCs). It highlights the challenging environment in which agricultural research organisations are working with regard to biotechnology.
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    General equilibrium modelling of trade and the environment / John Beghin ...[et al.]

    OECD Development Centre, 1996
    The environmental impacts of economic activity have become an increasingly urgent concern in both OECD Member countries, as well as in non-Member countries. Research in this area is still in its infancy, and the data required to buttress analytical studies is still sparse.

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