TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture (2014)

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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge (2014)

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CBD Parties urged to regulate synthetic biology
(28 Oct 14)
Item 1: Regulate synthetic biology now: 194 countries
Item 2: Draft decision submitted by the Chair of Working Group II
Biodiversity finance targets reaffirmed, concrete flows questionable
by Chee Yoke Ling (21 Oct 14)
Stringent plant variety protection may impinge on right to food
by Kanaga Raja (13 Oct 14)
New Report warns that Stronger plant variety protection may threaten the right to food
(10 Oct 14)
Synthetic biology could open a whole new can of worms
by IPS/Desmond Brown (09 Oct 14)
Financing - a simple matter of keeping promises
by IPS/Stella Paul (09 Oct 14)
"Final" targets for resource mobilisation remain elusive
by Chee Yoke Ling (09 Oct 14)
Updates on Plant Variety Protection #9
(09 Oct 14)
Misappropriation of Sri Lanka purple rice
by Edward Hammond (08 Oct 14)
Saga of the corporate journey of an Amazonian medicinal plant
by Edward Hammond (07 Oct 14)
Japanese Universities Patent Potent Painkilling Drugs Based on Southeast Asian Traditional Knowledge and Plants
by Edward Hammond (24 Sept 14)
African Genes Protect Syngenta's Seedless Watermelon Business
by Edward Hammond (06 Jul 14)
Human Rights Council: Historic resolution adopted for a legally binding instrument on TNCs
by Kinda Mohamadieh (30 Jun 14)
URGENT Appeal to release environmental activist Natalie Lowrey
(26 Jun 14)
CBD: Tourism & Biodiversity open letter to CBD parties and secretariat
(24 Jun 14)
G77 Summit celebrates 50th anniversary with speeches, Declaration
by Martin Khor (17 Jun 14)
MERS Virus Claimed in Dutch University's International Patent Application
by Edward Hammond (06 Jun 14)
Enhancing ITPGRFA benefit sharing system - report of first Working Group meeting
by Edward Hammond (29 May 14)
APBREBES Updates on Plant Variety Protection Issue #6
(08 Apr 14)
WIPO: Attempts to shift from “protection” to “safeguarding folklore criticised
by Alexandra Bhattacharya (03 Apr 14)
WIPO: Negotiations resume on traditional cultural expressions
by Alexandra Bhattacharya (02 Apr 14)
WIPO: Traditional knowledge treaty text inches forward
by Alexandra Bhattacharya (02 Apr 14)
WIPO: Slow negotiations on traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions
by Alexandra Bhattacharya (27 Mar 14)
WIPO: Call for "red lines" on genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore
by Alexandra Bhattacharya (27 Mar 14)
Patent granted on screening biodiversity in soybean plants for climate adaption
(27 Feb 14)
US company patents 'Organic Roundup', an extract of the Asian long pepper plant
by Edward Hammond (25 Feb 14)
Civil Society Calls for Ghana's Plant Breeders' Bill to be Revised
(25 Feb 14)
WIPO IGC defines patent disclosure text, but strong disagreements remain
by Edward Hammond (24 Feb 14)
US cosmetics firm claims skin cream from China and Vietnam's xianmu tree
by Edward Hammond (24 Feb 14)
Biopiracy of Turkey's purple carrot
by Edward Hammond (24 Feb 14)
New report on patent claims on genetic resources under the Budapest Treaty
(21 Feb 14)
WIPO: No consensus on disclosure requirement in genetic resources text
by Alexandra Bhattacharya (11 Feb 14)
WIPO: Divergence over full mandatory disclosure for IP and genetic resources
by Alexandra Bhattacharya & Edward Hammond (07 Feb 14)
WIPO: Genetic resources negotiations move slowly, Member State views repeated
by Alexandra Bhattacharya (05 Feb 14)
Two potential biopiracy cases involving genetic resources of India and South Africa
(04 Feb 14)
WIPO: North-South differences on genetic resources instrument
by Alexandra Bhattacharya (04 Feb 14)
WIPO negotiations on IP and Genetic Resources to resume amidst major differences
by K M Gopakumar (03 Feb 14)
A resolution in support of Farmers' Right
(20 Jan 14)

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