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BRIDGES Trade BioRes, Vol. 3 No. 12    30 June, 2003
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REGIONAL BIODIVERSITY FORUM CONSIDERS TRADE LINKAGES

During the third Regional Session of the Global Biodiversity Forum for
South Asia in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which was held from 16-18 June 2003,
participants discussed various issues at the intersection of sustainable
development and biodiversity. Themes included; trade and intellectual
property rights on access to genetic resources and genetically modified
organisms; sustainable development and livelihoods; and people and
protected areas. The result of the meeting was a list of
recommendations, which will feed into international negotiations and
processes, including the World Parks Congress, in Durban, South Africa
from 8 to 17 September 2003; the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference in
Cancun, Mexico, on 10-14 September 2003; and the seventh Conference of
Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in March 2004.
With regards to national linkages between access and benefit sharing the
forum recommends, amongst others, to integrate MEAs and the WTO and the
linkages among them into existing non-formal capacity building systems;
and to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to developing policy and
administering the issues of access to genetic resources and benefit
sharing, traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights, and
biosafety. Furthermore, participants recommended to develop a regional
position on conflicts between the WTO, the CBD and other biodiversity
related MEAs. At the international level participants would like to see
special and differential treatment for biotech goods and services as
well as they will recommend to promote the inclusion of environmentally
friendly goods in the list of environmental goods discussed at the WTO.

The Global Biodiversity Forum-18 will be held from 5-7 September in
Cancun, Mexico just prior to the fifth Ministerial Conference of the
WTO. The GBF-18 will focus on themes relating to: the relationship
between the TRIPs Agreement and the CBD; Risk, Precaution and
Biosecurity; and Trade and Sustainable Livelihoods.

For more information on the meeting please visit Internet:
http://www.gbf.ch/

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Events & Resources
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EVENTS

For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable
development, please refer to ICTSD's web calendar at
http://www.ictsd.org/html/calendar.htm. Please bear in mind that dates
and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not
always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies.

Coming up in the next two weeks

29 June - 3 July, Ravello, Italy: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC
GOODS AND PUBLIC POLICY FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY. Organised by the
International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR).
This 7th conference will focus, inter alia, on the impact of
agricultural biotechnology and science; biotechnology, trade and
development. For further information contact Vittorio Santaniello, tel:
+3906 7259 5843; fax: 7259 5705; e-mail: icabr at economia.uniroma2.it;
Internet:
http://www.economia.uniroma2.it/conference/icabr2003/Default.htm.

30 June, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. For further
information contact: the WTO Information and Media Relations Division,
Geneva; tel: +41 22 739 5007; fax: 739 5458; e-mail: enquiries at wto.org

30 June - 7 July, Rome, Italy: SESSION OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION.
For further information on the 26th session of the commission contact
the Secretariat of the joint FAO/WHO Food Standard Programme, tel: +39
06 5705 1; fax: 5705 4593; e-mail: codex at fao.org: Internet:
http://www.codexalimentarius.net

1- 4 July, Rome, Italy: AD HOC TECHNICAL EXPERT GROUP ON MOUNTAIN
BIODIVERSITY. This meeting is organised by Secretariat of the Convention
on Biological Diversity. For further information contact Hamdallah
Zedan, Executive Secretary, tel: +1 514 288 2220; fax: 288 6588; e-mail:
secretariat at biodiv.org; Internet: http://www.biodiv.org.

2 July, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO
TRADE. For further information contact: the WTO Information and Media
Relations Division, Geneva; tel: +41 22 739 5007; fax: 739 5458; e-mail:
enquiries at wto.org

2-3 July, Geneva, Switzerland: SPECIAL SESSION OF THE COUNCIL FOR
TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS. For further
information contact: the WTO Information and Media Relations Division,
Geneva; tel: +41 22 739 5007; fax: 739 5458; e-mail: enquiries at wto.org

3-5 July, Geneva, Switzerland: WORKSHOP ON BIODIVERSITY, TRADITIONAL
KNOWLEDGE AND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: THREATS AND CHALLENGES. This
international workshop is organised by the Indigenous People’s
International Centre for Policy Research and Education. For more
information contact: Ellen Bangoa; tel: +63 74 444 7703; fax: 443 9459;
e-mail: tebtebba at skynet.net; Internet: http://www.tebtebba.org

7 July, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT. For
further information contact: the WTO Information and Media Relations
Division, Geneva; tel: +41 22 739 5007; fax: 739 5458; e-mail:
enquiries at wto.org

7-17 July, Geneva, Switzerland: FIFTH SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES, TRADITIONAL
KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE. The meeting is organized by WIPO. For further
information contact the WIPO Secretariat; tel: +41 22 338 9111;
Internet: http://www.wipoorg/documents/en/meetings/2003/igc/index_5.htm

7-11 July 2003, Montreal, Canada: MEETING ON THE FURTHER ELABORATION AND
GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ECOSYSTEM APPROACH. This event is
organised by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
and the United Nations Environment Programme. For further information,
tel: + 1 514 288 2220; fax: 288 6588; email: secretariat at biodiv.org;
Internet: http://www.biodiv.org.

13-17 July 2003, Baltimore, US: COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT THROUGH TIME.
Organised by NOAA Coastal Services Centre, the Coastal Zone conference
series is the premier international gathering of ocean and coastal
management professionals. For further information contact: Ms. Gale
Peek, tel: +1 843 740 1231; e-mail: Gale.Peek at noaa.gov; Internet:
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cz2003.

16-18 July, Maastricht, Netherlands: SEMINAR ON CHALLENGES AND RISKS OF
GMOS - WHAT RISK ANALYSIS IS APPROPRIATE? This Seminar will present a
multinational framework determining scope and restrictions for national
policies and border protection with regards to the options for future
policy making towards integrated agro-food systems. In particular the
seminar will focus on the relevant WTO-Agreements on Standard Setting,
Labeling Requirements and Intellectual Property Rights. Parallel
Multinational Agreements, such as the CBD, are presented and their
respective relation to WTO Agreements clarified. For further information
contact Ruggero Lala, tel: +31 20 620 0225; fax: 624 9368; email:
ruggero.lala at amsu.edu; Internet:
http://www.amsu.edu/courses/law/publ12003.htm

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 Marianne Jacobsen, mjacobsen at ictsd.ch.

"COMMUNITY, FARMERS' AND BREEDERS' RIGHTS IN AFRICA: TOWARDS A LEGAL
FRAMEWORK FOR SUI GENERIS LEGISLATION". By Patricia Kameri-Mbote (2003).
The paper analyses international and Kenyan legal frameworks for the
protection of biodiversity and plant varieties. It seeks to identify
issues and trends pertinent to the protection and enforcement of
community, farmers' and breeders' rights through sui generis systems.
The paper is available at: http://www.ielrc.org/Content/A03021P.pdf.

"THE ECONOMICS OF GENERATING AND MAINTAINING PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS IN
CHINA". By Bonwoo Koo, Philip G. Pardey, Keming Qian, and Yi Zhang
(February 2003). The paper examines the pattern of plant variety
protection applications in China since its PVP laws were first
introduced in 1997. The authors place those PVP rights in the context of
China's present and likely future seed markets to identify the economic
incentives and institutional aspects that influence decisions to develop
and apply for varietal rights. The paper can be accessed at:
http://www.ifpri.org/divs/eptd/dp/eptdp100.htm.

"ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY". By R E
Evenson, V Santaniello, and D. Zilberman (July 2002). This book is
composed of several papers on topics like intellectual property and
genetic resources, technological exchange public-private issues, and
developing country biotechnology experience. The publication can be
accessed at
http://www.cabi-publishing.org/Bookshop/Readingroom/0851996183.asp.

"IP AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA". By Lerson Tanasugarn
(September 2002). This article was presented at the BOILAW 2002
International Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. It reviews the status and
trend of intellectual property issues with respect to biotechnology in
Southeast Asia. The paper examines the general situation of biotech IP,
the legal infrastructure of biotech IP, and other infrastructures, such
as human resource and institutional resource. To access the paper see:
http://lerson.org/IP/2002BioLawSEAdoc.pdf.

THE USE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. By S.
Thomas, D. Burke, M. Gale, M. Lipton, and A. Weale (2003). This
discussion paper is a follow-up to the 1999 Report, Genetically modified
crops: the ethical and social issues. It aims to assess the potential
risks and benefits associated with the use of genetically modified (GM)
crops in developing countries in relation to improving food security and
economically valuable agriculture. The authors draw on a variety of case
studies from developing countries. The paper is available at:
http://www.eldis.org/biodiversity/index.htm.

Electronic Resources

FAO-BIOTECHNEWS WEBSITE. By the FAO-Working Group on Biotechnology (June
2003). This website is a major initiative for the dissemination of
science-based, neutral information about agricultural biotechnology.
FAO-BiotechNews is an e-mail list containing news and events items that
are relevant to applications of biotechnology in food and agriculture in
developing countries. Its aim is to inform policy makers and technical
decision-makers about current developments and issues in agricultural
biotechnology. This website is available in French and Spanish and can
be accessed at: http://www.fao.org/biotech/index.asp.

The UNEP-GEF Global Project on Development/Implementation of National
Biosafety Frameworks - Newsletter. This newsletter overviews the
continuing progress of UNEP/GEF projects that are aimed at developing
and implementing national biosafety frameworks in developing countries.
Amongst others it reports that there are now 117 countries participating
in the development project. With regards to the implementation project,
the article describes "start-up" activities that each country must
fulfill, such as submitting draft biosafety legislation to a review
panel of international legal experts. Electronic copies of UNEP/GEF's
Biosafety Newsletter can be downloaded at:
http://www.unep.ch/biosafety/documents.htm

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Environment (Netherlands) and the Swiss Agency for the Environment,
Forests and Landscape (BUWAL). 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
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