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"CALL OF THE EARTH" INITIATIVE TO BE LAUNCHED TO PROTECT IP AND TK

An international group of experts on intellectual property (IP) and
indigenous people's traditional knowledge (TK) will launch a three-year
independent global project at a global dialogue in Bellagio on 25-30
November. The initiative, called "Call of the Earth: Ancient Wisdom for
Sustaining Livelihoods, Cultures, and Environments" is aimed at the
protection of IP and TK of indigenous peoples by initiating discussions =
on
IP topics that have been identified as important by indigenous peoples =
in
various international forums in an effort to shape conceptual =
approaches,
policies and practices for future interventions in IP public policy
development.  The initiative thereby aims to respond to both "threats =
and
challenges of emerging international IP policies which do not adequately
reflect or respond to the concerns of indigenous peoples."  It will =
involve
global and regional IP dialogues, create a "knowledge base," and assist
creative local initiatives and capacity building.  Other groups that =
plan to
support the "Call of the Earth" initiative include the Convention on
Biological Diversity, the United Nations University, and the Mataatua
Declaration Association.

For further information, see: http://www.earthcall.org.

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Events & Resources
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18- 22 November, Geneva, Switzerland: WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW =
OF
PATENTS (EIGHT SESSION). For further information, contact: WIPO, tel: =
(41
22) 338-9111; fax: 733-5428; email: WIPO.mail@wipo.int; Internet:
http://www.wipo.int
http://www.wipo.org/news/en/index.html?wipo_content_frame=3D/news/en/conf=
erences.html

21 November, 18.00-20.00 CET: ONLINE CHAT "NEW WTO TRADE ROUND: TALKING
TRADE - WHAT'S GOING ON?" Does trade make a difference? What's up in the
World Trade Organisation (WTO)? Are trade negotiations also good for
development and environment? One year after the launch of the new trade
negotiations round, European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy, the
Egyptian Trade Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali and a representative of =
WWF,
Dr Keith Tyrell, will debate whether this round is on track and voice =
their
hopes and concerns. For further information concerning this discussion, =
see:
Internet: http://europa.eu.int/comm/chat/lamy9/index_en.htm=20

21 November, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. Various
items will be discussed from the annual report to the Council for Trade =
in
Goods. Followed by 22 November, 15:00, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO SPECIAL
SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. Items to be discussed include
programme March 2002-March 2003 under Paragraphs 13 and 14 of the Doha
Development Agenda (TN/AG/1).

21 November, Brussels, Belgium: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TRADE -- A NEW =
APPROACH.
Commissioner Pascal Lamy is keynote speaker at a meeting concerning the
Sustainable Trade and Innovation Centre (STIC) project. This new global
partnership is geared to enable developing country producers to benefit =
from
growing market pressures to integrate environmental and social factors =
into
their export strategies. The project is designed by the Commonwealth =
Science
Council (CSC), European Partners for the Environment (EPE) and the Dutch
Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), with the support of DG Trade. For =
further
information, contact: fax: (32 2) 539-4815; email: info@epe.be; =
Internet:
http://trade-info.cec.eu.int/civil_soc/meet.php?action=3Dconsult&critere=3D=
82 =20

21 November, Brussels, Belgium: SUSTAINABLE TRADE AND INNOVATION CENTRE
EUROPEAN BRIEFING. Events will include workshops and lectures on various
areas of sustainable development with the primary focus being the =
European
arena. For further information, contact: tel: (32 2) 539-4815; email:
info@epe.be.

25 November, Bellagio, Italy:  CALL OF THE EARTH: A GLOBAL DIALOGUE.  =
This
event is part of an initiative initiative in response to the "threats =
and
challenges of emerging international IP policies which do not adequately
reflect or respond to the concerns of indigenous peoples."  For further
information, contact: Alejandro Argumedo, Call of the Earth Project
Coordinator; email: ipbn@web.net; Intenet: http://www.earthcall.org=20
=20
25 - 26 November, London, England: THE WORLD FOOD AND FARMING CONGRESS
(WFFC). This Congress offers the opportunity to hear divergent views on =
the
future of world agriculture; to debate critical issues and to offer key
recommendations to the world's food and farming leaders. For further
information on this conference, contact: Isabel Dennis; tel: (44 20)
7370-8853; fax: 7370-8235; email: info@wffc.co.uk; Internet:
http://www.wffc.co.uk=20

25-27 November, 10:00, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE- =
RELATED
ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. Discussion will include, among
other items, Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS agreement =
and
public health. Followed by 28 November, 10:00, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS. Discussion will focus around negotiation of the
establishment of a multilateral system of notification and registration =
of
geographical indications for wines and spirits.

25-29 November, Geneva, Switzerland: WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW =
OF
PATENTS (EIGHT SESSION). For further information, contact: WIPO, tel: =
(41
22) 338 9111; fax: 733 54 28; Email: WIPO.mail@wipo.int; Internet:
http://www.wipo.org/news/en/index.html?wipo_content_frame=3D/news/en/conf=
erences.html

26 November, University of Leuven, Belgium: SECOND INTERNATIONAL =
CONFERENCE
ON GLOBALISATION. This year's conference will examine the two following
questions: How can we counterbalance the fast-moving one-sided economic
globalisation process? What are the ethical, social and ecological
conditions to make globalisation work for everyone? How do we evaluate =
the
results so far of the Doha Development Agenda? For further information,
contact: email: information@globalisationdebate.be; Internet:
http://www.globalisationdebate.be=20

26 November, Amsterdam, Netherlands: LINKAGES - HOW DO WE BRIDGE THE GAP =
ON
TRADE, ENVIRONMENT AND LABOUR. For further information, contact: tel: =
(91
141) 207-482; fax: 207-486/203-9; email: cuts@cuts.org; Internet:
http://www.cuts.org/linkages-index.htm=20

27-28 November, New Delhi, India: OECD WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL
REQUIREMENTS AND MARKET ACCESS: ADDRESSING DEVELOPING-COUNTRY CONCERNS =
IN
CO-OPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. The objective of this Global
Forum workshop is to promote constructive dialogue among representatives =
of
Member and non-Member economies on market access issues arising from
environmental requirements (standards and regulations), and ways to =
improve
the capacity of developing countries to meet those requirements.  It is
hoped that this event will contribute to advancing the process initiated =
in
Doha and contribute to the preparations for the WTO=92s Fifth =
Ministerial
Conference to be held in September 2003 in Mexico. For further =
information,
contact: Ronald Steenblik, OECD; tel: (33 1) 4524-9529; email:
ronald.steenblik@oecd.org.

27 - 29 November, Cusco, Peru: MEETING OF MEGADIVERSE COUNTRIES.  =
Organised
by The Group of Like Minded Megadiverse Countries.  An expert meeting on
access to genetic resources and benefit sharing (ABS) and traditional
knowledge will take place over the first two days of this. The final =
segment
of the meeting will bring together Ministers and high-level =
representatives
of the Group to analyse and approve a political statement.  To view the
Cancun Declaration of Like-Minded Megadiverse Countries, see:
http://www.embamexcan.com/english/Enviornment/CancunDeclaration.html=20

2 - 4, Palais des Nations, Geneva: DECEMBER TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD,
THIRTIETH EXECUTIVE SESSION ON LDCs.  Organised by UNCTAD.  This event =
has
been planned to discuss the Least Developed Countries Report 2002. For
further information, contact: the UNCTAD secretariat: fax: (41 22) =
917-0056;
email: unctad.meetings.services@unctad.org.

4 December, Hamburg, Germany: THE REGULATION OF GMOs IN INTERNATIONAL,
EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL LAW. This seminar will feature the current =
regulatory
framework and policy-making on genetically modified organisms within
international, EU and national law. Academics, representatives from
government, industry and NGOs will discuss the state of affairs and =
options
for the future in various jurisdictions. For further =
information,contact:
Ms. Karin Meyer- Pannwitt; tel.: (49 40) 766-18072; fax: 766-18078; =
email:
meyer- pannwitt@tutech.de; Internet: http://www.tutech.de

Other forthcoming events

9-17 December, Geneva, Switzerland: FOURTH SESSION OF THE WIPO
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC =
RESOURCES,
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE. For further information, contact =
WIPO;
tel: (41 22) 338-9111; email: WIPO.mail@wipo.int.

13 - 17 December, Cairo, Egypt: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PROMOTING =
BEST
PRACTICES FOR CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY OF GLOBAL
SIGNIFICANCE IN ARID AND SEMIARID ZONES.  The focus of this conference =
will
be on best practices in developing countries for science, for public =
policy
and management, for increasing the participation of local people in =
decision
making, and for improving partnerships and capacity building. The =
conference
is part of a project funded by UNEP/GEF and is implemented by the Third
World Network of Scientific Organizations. For further information, =
contact:
Helen Martin; fax: (39 040) 224-0689; email: info@twnso.org.

18 - 20 December, New Delhi, India: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, WATER =
RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT, AND EARTH CARE POLICIES.  The second International =
Conference
of the Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation, closely following on the heels of =
the
WSSD, proposes to discuss issues pertaining to Sustainable Agriculture,
Water Resources Development, Earth-Care Policies and fusion of =
technologies
for sustainable agricultural development. For more information, contact: =
M.
Moni; tel: (91 011) 436-2790, 436-0975; fax: 436-4873; email:
bhoovigyan@rediffmail.com; Internet: http://www.bhoovikas.nic.in=20

RESOURCES

If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you =
would
like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy or review =
by
the BRIDGES staff to Heike Baum=FCller, hbaumuller@ictsd.ch.

GLOBAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS KNOWLEDGE, ACCESS, AND DEVELOPMENT.
Edited by Peter Drahos and Ruth Mayne, 2002.  The publication analyses =
the
potential threats of intellectual property rights, and suggests ways in
which the intellectual property system can be changed to serve =
development
goals. It synthesises the views of academic experts and NGOs at the =
cutting
edge of current campaigning and debate.  For further information, =
contact:
email: publish@oxfam.org.uk; Internet: www.oxfam.org.uk/publications=20

"Turning in circles : district governance, illegal logging, and
environmental decline in Sumatra, Indonesia," by John F. McCarthy, in
SOCIETY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, 15 (10, 2002).  After examining the =
impact of
political and economic changes on Indonesian illegal forestry, this =
article
concludes that the logging epidemic has complex, multidimensional causes
that allow for no easy remedies. Moreover, as many of the dynamics =
described
here will continue to predominate after Indonesia implements new
decentralisation laws, this ensures that the informal system of exchange =
and
accommodation described here will continue to shape forest outcomes.

"The impact of forests and forest management on neighboring property
values," by Yeon-Su Kim  Rebecca L Johnson, in SOCIETY AND NATURAL
RESOURCES, 15 (10, 2002).  This study estimates the contribution of =
forests
and forest management to property values around McDonald-Dunn Research
Forest near Corvallis, OR. We investigated the economic effects of =
proximity
to the forest, different forest conditions, and management schemes to
neighboring property values using a geographic information system. =
Proximity
to the forest has a positive contribution to property values; this
relationship is even stronger for houses closer to the forest. Forest
attributes also affect property values. The sales price is lower for
property from which clear-cut sites are visible at the time of purchase =
if
all other characteristics of the house are identical.

"Quantifying the impacts on biodiversity of policies for carbon
sequestration in forests" by Stephen Matthews, Raymond O'Connor & Andrew =
J.
Plantinga, in ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 40 (1, 2002).  There is currently a =
great
deal of interest in the use of afforestation (conversion of non-forest =
land
to forest) to reduce atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. The =
main
objective of this paper is to estimate the changes in farmland and =
forest
bird populations that are likely to occur under an afforestation policy.
Econometric models of land use are used to simulate the response of =
private
landowners to subsidies for tree planting on agricultural land.

Electronic Resources

Planeta.com's Forest Resource Guide takes a look at the forests and =
forestry
issues around the globe and we pay particular attention to the forest =
and
selva of the Americas. To visit the Forest Resource Guide, see:
http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/resources/trees.html=20

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BRIDGES Trade BioRes=A9 is published by the International Centre for
Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), http://www.ictsd.org, in
collaboration with IUCN - World Conservation Union, http://www.iucn.org,
and IUCN's Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy,
CEESP, http://www.cenesta.org/ceesp/.

This edition of BRIDGES Trade BioRes was edited by Heike Baum=FCller,
hbaumuller@ictsd.ch. Contributors to this issue were Hugo Cameron, =
Jordan
Gold and Marianne Jacobsen. Executive Director is Ricardo =
Mel=E9ndez-Ortiz,
rmelendez@ictsd.ch. ICTSD is an independent, not-for-profit organisation
based at: 13, ch. des An=E9mones, 1219 Geneva, Switzerland, tel: (41-22)
917-8492; fax: 917-8093. Excerpts from BRIDGES Trade BioRes may be used =
in
other publications with appropriate citation. Comments and suggestions =
are
welcomed and should be directed to the Editor or the Director.

BRIDGES Trade BioRes is made possible in 2002 through the generous
support of the Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning, and the =
Environment
(Netherlands). It also benefits from ICTSD's core funders: the =
Governments
of Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden; Christian Aid (UK),
the Rockefeller Foundation, MISEREOR, NOVIB (NL), Oxfam (UK) and
the Swiss Coalition of Development Organisations (Switzerland).

ISSN 1682-0843
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