New Report Points to Widespread Biopiracy in Africa

A new report exposing rampant biopiracy in Africa was released at the UN CBD meeting in Granada in Jan 2006. Chee Yoke Heong highlights some of the findings of this report which made a strong impact on the participants. […]

Europe Rejects Drug Produced from GE Animals

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February 24, 2006

Europe Rejects Genetically Engineered Drug

By ANDREW POLLACK
(http://topics.nyti […]

Is There Space for Indigenous Peoples in the Negotiations on Access and Benefit-Sharing?

There is a strong need to accord to indigenous peoples full and effective participation within the CBD process. What is needed, argues Jennifer Tauli Corpuz, is the opening up of more dialogue between indigenous peoples and the countries of the South. […]

CBD’s Terminator Technology moratorium reaffirmed, but weakened

Although the CBD Working Group meeting in Granada reaffirmed the UN moratorium on the controversial Terminator Technology, other new recommendations adopted at the meeting may serve to open the door to its later approval. […]

Renewed Calls to Ban ‘Terminator Technology’

As governments gathered for the UN CBD Working Group meeting in Granada in Jan 2006, indigenous peoples, farmers’ groups and NGOs renewed their calls for an international ban on ‘Terminator Technology’. […]

Global Rules on Access and Benefit-sharing of Biodiversity Take Shape in Granada Meeting

The latest round of UN talks held in Granada, Jan 2006 on an international agreement on access and benefit-sharing reflected the all-too-familiar tensions and conflicts between the developed and developing countries. […]

The Biodiversity-IPRs Debate

A UN meeting held in Jan 2006 was an opportune occasion to revisit the difficult issues that states, indigenuous and local communities need to grapple with as they come to grips with the interplay of biodiversity and IPRs. […]

Impact of Bt Cotton on Farmers’ Health

This is a report on the health situation of Bt cotton growing farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India following complaints of allergenic reactions among farmers growing GM cotton. […]

Analysis of the MOP 3 Article 18.2(a) decision

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ANALYSIS OF THE MOP 3 ARTICLE 18.2(a) DECISION
By Lim Li Lin and Lim Li Ching, Third World Network

The 3rd Meeting of the Parties (MOP 3) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (under the Convention on Biological Diversity), […]

Analysis of key decisions at Biosafety Protocol meeting

This is an analysis on key decisions taken at the 3rd meeting of the Parties of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety which met from 13-17 March in Curitiba, Brazil. […]