[Pirateninfo] FAO-BiotechNews: 1-2003

[Martin Sundermann]

Patenting genetic inventions
GURTS - call for views
Technical consultation on biological risk management in food and agriculture
UNESCO biotechnology fellowships
Cartagena protocol on biosafety - ratification status


PATENTING GENETIC INVENTIONS
January 2003
FAO-BiotechNews: 1-2003
http://www.fao.org/biotech/index.asp
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just
published "Genetic inventions, intellectual property rights and licensing
practices: Evidence and policies". The main body of this 110-page report is
based on discussions at an expert workshop held by the OECD Working Party on
Biotechnology on 24-25 January 2002 in Berlin, Germany. The workshop was
entitled "Genetic inventions, IPR, and licensing practices" and was attended
by over 100 private and public sector experts from 18 OECD countries. The
objectives of the workshop were to assess the impact of patents on genetic
inventions (i.e. patents whose claims include nucleotide (DNA or RNA)
sequences) on access to the information and technologies covered by DNA
patents and to discuss the challenges they pose for scientists,
industrialists and medical practitioners. See
http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00037000/M00037885.pdf (685 KB) or contact
icgb at oecd.org for more information.



GURTS - CALL FOR VIEWS
January 2003
FAO-BiotechNews: 1-2003
http://www.fao.org/biotech/index.asp
International organisations, smallholder farmers, indigenous and local
communities are invited to submit to the Secretariat of the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD), at their earliest convenience but no later than
31 January 2003, their views on the potential impacts of Genetic Use
Restriction Technologies (GURTs) on smallholder farmers, indigenous and
local communities and on Farmers' Rights. The views submitted will be
compiled in a document to be used for a meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical
Expert Group on GURTs to be held on 19-21 February 2003, in Montreal,
Canada. See
http://www.biodiv.org/doc/notifications/2002/ntf-2002-113-gurt-en.pdf (which
also contains a list of relevant documentation prepared by the Secretariat
of CBD and FAO) or contact secretariat at biodiv.org for more information.



TECHNICAL CONSULTATION ON BIOLOGICAL RISK MANAGEMENT IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
January 2003
FAO-BiotechNews: 1-2003
http://www.fao.org/biotech/index.asp
The FAO Technical Consultation on Biological Risk Management in Food and
Agriculture was held on 13-17 January 2003 in Bangkok, Thailand. Biological
risk management in food and agriculture is referred to as Biosecurity by FAO
and covers food safety, plant life and health, animal life and health and
the environment, including the introduction and release of genetically
modified organisms and their products. The meeting's objective was to
further explore the scope and relevance of Biosecurity as a holistic
approach to managing risks associated with food safety, animal and plant
health and the environment. The agenda and working papers are available in
Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish. See
http://www.fao.org/es/ESN/food/meetings_biosecurity_en.stm or contact
biosecurity at fao.org for more information.



UNESCO BIOTECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS
January 2003
FAO-BiotechNews: 1-2003
http://www.fao.org/biotech/index.asp
As part of the UNESCO/Biotechnology Action Council programme, two short-term
(2-3 months) plant biotechnology (potato, sweetpotato) fellowships are
available in Pretoria, South Africa. Candidates from Angola, Lesotho,
Namibia, South Africa or Swaziland will be selected based on their
scientific background, potential, active involvement in biotechnology and
their expressed interest in plant transformation. Deadline: 31 January 2003.
For more information, contact gthompson at vopi.agric.za.



CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY - RATIFICATION STATUS
January 2003
FAO-BiotechNews: 1-2003
http://www.fao.org/biotech/index.asp
In a letter dated 7 January 2003, Philemon Yang, Chairman of the
Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP),
and Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological
Diversity, update the ICCP National Focal Points about the status of
ratification of the Protocol and remind them of the further action that
would be required to realising the entry into force of the Protocol without
much more delay. See
http://www.biodiv.org/doc/notifications/2003/ntf-2003-01-cpbs-en.pdf or
contact secretariat at biodiv.org for more information.

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